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  1. Location hashtags

    While people already tag their posts with hashtags derived from city or other location names (e.g. #Berlin, #CentralPark), these hashtags aren't always useful: if you want to see content from just your neighborhood in a large city, or content that is local to your current position in a rural area that does not have a single, useful location name, there might not be any agreed-upon hashtag that can be searched for. Even in cases where such a hashtag does exist, it might be hard to learn […]

    bocops.app/eng/2025/02/locatio

  2. Location hashtags

    While people already tag their posts with hashtags derived from city or other location names (e.g. #Berlin, #CentralPark), these hashtags aren't always useful: if you want to see content from just your neighborhood in a large city, or content that is local to your current position in a rural area that does not have a single, useful location name, there might not be any agreed-upon hashtag that can be searched for. Even in cases where such a hashtag does exist, it might be hard to learn […]

    bocops.app/eng/2025/02/locatio

  3. En Afrique du Sud, des « adresses numériques » pour cartographier les bidonvilles

    Lawley Station, à 40 km au sud de #Johannesburg. Sur ce plateau aride, des milliers de cabanes de tôle forment une masse compacte, dans laquelle serpente un dédale de ruelles de terre battue. Ce jour-là, elles sont investies par des jeunes du quartier revêtus de tenues jaune fluorescent. Par petits groupes, ils s’affairent à mesurer l’écart entre chaque portail donnant sur un groupement de cabanes. (...)

    « Ici c’est un lieu de culte. On essaie d’être le plus spécifique possible pour que les gens puissent se repérer. » Elle fait partie de la trentaine de volontaires recrutée par l’#ONG #Planact pour cartographier le quartier et attribuer une adresse à chaque propriété.

    Planact, qui lutte depuis 1985 contre l'exclusion des populations vulnérables, a lancé ce programme d'adresses numériques avec le soutien de #Google. Le moteur de recherche fournit la plateforme permettant de recenser les habitations et de leur attribuer un « Plus code », soit des coordonnées géographiques simplifiées en une combinaison simple, utilisable sur Google Maps. Une plaque bleue indiquant le Plus code est ensuite apposée sur les habitations.

    la-croix.com/international/en-

    #InclusionSociale #Cartographie #CartographieUrbaine #GoogleMaps #PlusCode #AfriqueDuSud #Afrique #ServicesdeSecours #OpenLocationCode #geocode #HabitatInformel

  4. @lapingvino @factotum

    I take it for granted that users must be able to decide upon the precision of the #geocoding they use for their postings.

    And that they must also be able to decide upon the geogaphic range of search when they lookup #georef|erenced postings.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocode #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead #HamRadio #AFU #CBFunk #CitizenBand #CiBi #ActivityVocabulary

  5. @lapingvino @factotum

    I take it for granted that users must be able to decide upon the precision of the #geocoding they use for their postings.

    And that they must also be able to decide upon the geogaphic range of search when they lookup #georef|erenced postings.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocode #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead #HamRadio #AFU #CBFunk #CitizenBand #CiBi #ActivityVocabulary

  6. @lapingvino @factotum

    I take it for granted that users must be able to decide upon the precision of the #geocoding they use for their postings.

    And that they must also be able to decide upon the geogaphic range of search when they lookup #georef|erenced postings.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocode #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead #HamRadio #AFU #CBFunk #CitizenBand #CiBi #ActivityVocabulary

  7. @lapingvino @factotum

    I take it for granted that users must be able to decide upon the precision of the #geocoding they use for their postings.

    And that they must also be able to decide upon the geogaphic range of search when they lookup #georef|erenced postings.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocode #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead #HamRadio #AFU #CBFunk #CitizenBand #CiBi #ActivityVocabulary

  8. @lapingvino @factotum

    I take it for granted that users must be able to decide upon the precision of the #geocoding they use for their postings.

    And that they must also be able to decide upon the geogaphic range of search when they lookup #georef|erenced postings.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocode #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead #HamRadio #AFU #CBFunk #CitizenBand #CiBi #ActivityVocabulary

  9. @lapingvino @helge @factotum

    The location property of the #ActivityVocabulary does not only support exact locations but also areas in the sense that it allows for ›logical locations‹.

    A logical location could be ›near Berlin«, but also a #geocode with reduced precision.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocoding #Georef #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead #HamRadio #AFU #CBFunk #CitizenBand #CiBi

  10. @lapingvino @helge @factotum

    The location property of the #ActivityVocabulary does not only support exact locations but also areas in the sense that it allows for ›logical locations‹.

    A logical location could be ›near Berlin«, but also a #geocode with reduced precision.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocoding #Georef #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead #HamRadio #AFU #CBFunk #CitizenBand #CiBi

  11. @lapingvino @helge @factotum

    The location property of the #ActivityVocabulary does not only support exact locations but also areas in the sense that it allows for ›logical locations‹.

    A logical location could be ›near Berlin«, but also a #geocode with reduced precision.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocoding #Georef #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead #HamRadio #AFU #CBFunk #CitizenBand #CiBi

  12. @lapingvino @helge @factotum

    The location property of the #ActivityVocabulary does not only support exact locations but also areas in the sense that it allows for ›logical locations‹.

    A logical location could be ›near Berlin«, but also a #geocode with reduced precision.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocoding #Georef #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead #HamRadio #AFU #CBFunk #CitizenBand #CiBi

  13. @lapingvino @helge @factotum

    The location property of the #ActivityVocabulary does not only support exact locations but also areas in the sense that it allows for ›logical locations‹.

    A logical location could be ›near Berlin«, but also a #geocode with reduced precision.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocoding #Georef #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead #HamRadio #AFU #CBFunk #CitizenBand #CiBi

  14. @helge @factotum @lapingvino

    Relax, no one is seeking to re-invent any wheel.

    This thread is more about usability than it is about implementation.

    No one can make use of #semantic properties in a vocabulary as long as they do not show up in frontends.

    So, rather than deter consideration, let's keep the dialogue going.

    🌺

    🏷️ #OLC #QTH #SemanticFediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Friendica #Pixelfed #Fediverse #Geocode #Geocoding #Georef #Georeferencing #OpenLocationCode #PlusCode #Maidenhead

  15. @factotum @lapingvino

    Have a look at my use of #geocoding hashtags:

    mastodon.social/@jpreisendoerf

    I think it'd be better to prefix the respective #geocode with an abbreviation indicating its type.

    #HamRadio people will often want to use #Maidenhead (#QTH) locators rather than #OpenLocationCode (#PlusCode).

    #QTHJO62
    #OLC9F4M

    Plus char can be dropped from OLC, because ›OLC‹ indicates #PlusCode.

    For reduced precision, drop trailing OLC letters.

    🌺

    🏷️ #CitizenBand #CiBi #27Mhz #CQ #AFU

  16. @factotum @lapingvino

    Have a look at my use of #geocoding hashtags:

    mastodon.social/@jpreisendoerf

    I think it'd be better to prefix the respective #geocode with an abbreviation indicating its type.

    #HamRadio people will often want to use #Maidenhead (#QTH) locators rather than #OpenLocationCode (#PlusCode).

    #QTHJO62
    #OLC9F4M

    Plus char can be dropped from OLC, because ›OLC‹ indicates #PlusCode.

    For reduced precision, drop trailing OLC letters.

    🌺

    🏷️ #CitizenBand #CiBi #27Mhz #CQ #AFU

  17. @factotum @lapingvino

    Have a look at my use of #geocoding hashtags:

    mastodon.social/@jpreisendoerf

    I think it'd be better to prefix the respective #geocode with an abbreviation indicating its type.

    #HamRadio people will often want to use #Maidenhead (#QTH) locators rather than #OpenLocationCode (#PlusCode).

    #QTHJO62
    #OLC9F4M

    Plus char can be dropped from OLC, because ›OLC‹ indicates #PlusCode.

    For reduced precision, drop trailing OLC letters.

    🌺

    🏷️ #CitizenBand #CiBi #27Mhz #CQ #AFU

  18. @factotum @lapingvino

    Have a look at my use of #geocoding hashtags:

    mastodon.social/@jpreisendoerf

    I think it'd be better to prefix the respective #geocode with an abbreviation indicating its type.

    #HamRadio people will often want to use #Maidenhead (#QTH) locators rather than #OpenLocationCode (#PlusCode).

    #QTHJO62
    #OLC9F4M

    Plus char can be dropped from OLC, because ›OLC‹ indicates #PlusCode.

    For reduced precision, drop trailing OLC letters.

    🌺

    🏷️ #CitizenBand #CiBi #27Mhz #CQ #AFU

  19. I wonder if #PlusCodes could viably be used as hashtags to generate some sort of geographically #local feed.

    The first six characters of a plus code denote an area of roughly 5x5 km², so if I take a full plus code like "9F4MG98H+G3", and then create a hashtag using the first six characters, like #9F4MG9, adding that hashtags to posts would allow others to find activity in a certain region.

    plus.codes/map

    #OpenLocationCode #LocalNews #Communities #regional