Google launches "plus codes": open geocodes for locations that don't have street addresses

[werdnagreb]

We had this conversation a little while ago. Something like this would be great for countries like Costa Rica.

This European city center has no street names

I just left Costa Rica where I’ve been living for 2 years. The address system that they have there is crazy. My work office’s address is (translated from Spanish): Guachipelin Past Multiplaza 200m past Flash Car Turn right Last building on the left Costa Rica Note: this is not directions to my office, but the official address. If you posted a letter to my office, that is what you’d have to write (though in Spanish). The best part is that “Flash Car” (a car detailing shop) closed down 2 y…