A method and apparatus for identifying and communicating locations

Abstract

A method of producing a location identifier comprising: obtaining the geographical coordinates of a location; converting the geographical coordinates into single unique value n; converting the single unique value n into a unique group of a plurality of values; converting the plurality of values into an equal plurality of respective words; and providing the plurality of words as a location identifier, and a method of identifying a location comprising: obtaining a location identifier for a location, the location identifier comprising a plurality of words; converting the plurality of words into a unique group of an equal plurality of respective values; converting the unique group of a plurality of values into a single unique value n; converting the single unique value n into geographical coordinates; and outputting the geographical coordinates.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to methods and devices for identifying and communicating locations, and in particular, to methods and devices for identifying and communicating locations in a human-friendly manner. Background technique [0002] In recent years, satellite-based positioning systems have become more and more common, and positioning systems can be used to determine the location of devices with positioning systems with high accuracy. Satellite-based positioning systems are often incorporated into smartphones or similar mobile communication devices and / or general-purpose computing devices as well as into specialized navigation devices. [0003] It is relatively common to identify locations using geometric numerical coordinates (such as latitude and longitude coordinates or grid coordinates), which are typically used by satellite-based positioning systems to identify locations. For example, the GPS system identifies locations using GPS coordina...

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