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Google Maps makes it easier to share your location without an address

The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

It works offline, according to the Plus Codes website , and the technology is open source under the Apache 2.0 An example of somewhere where a Plus Code could be useful can be found in this BBC article from last year, where a journalist describes the process of giving their address to set up a bank account in The Gambia.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

Open Source data NetSquared big data' The platform has been rolled out to 54 African countries and will support the gathering, access, management and analysis of quality data from African countries. Some examples of NGOs using data visualization to tell important stories are also given.

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Guinea-Bissau Africa Equatorial Guinea Data

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Google Maps makes it easier to share your location without an address

Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

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