| I, for one, really like this. * It doesn't use postal codes, which aren't really intended for use for anything but mail delivery and occasionally make that painfully apparent (such as when the boundaries are changed) * It doesn't depend on street addresses, so it works in countries where the streets aren't reliably or intelligibly named/numbered. It also works in places where there are no streets. * It's smarter about allocating code space than something like a 10:10 code, since e.g. not a lot of people live in the middle of the ocean (and they can always use a "fully-qualified" MapCode). * It's super easy to read to someone over the phone, or type in from a business card, or transcribe from a sign. A couple of uses immediately spring to mind: * Telling an Uber/Taxi/rideshare where to pick you up when you don't have GPS/data. * Telling a delivery drone where to deliver your package (without having to correctly remember dozens of digits of lat/long). * And of course what it was designed for, entering a navigation location quickly. I'm sure there are some implementation flaws, which may or may not be fatal, but I think it's pretty great. |