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  2. Address geocoding - Wikipedia

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    Address geocoding, or simply geocoding, is the process of taking a text-based description of a location, such as an address or the name of a place, and returning geographic coordinates, frequently latitude/longitude pair, to identify a location on the Earth's surface. [1]

  3. Geotagging - Wikipedia

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    The related term geocoding refers to the process of taking non-coordinate-based geographical identifiers, such as a street address, and finding associated geographic coordinates (or vice versa for reverse geocoding). Such techniques can be used together with geotagging to provide alternative search techniques. [citation needed]

  4. Geomessaging - Wikipedia

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    Geomessaging is a technology that allows a person or system to send a message based on any media to a device that enters or exits one or more regions. [1] Those regions can be created by using geofences, based on Latitude and Longitude, or adding beacons to the system associating those beacons with named locations.

  5. Open Location Code - Wikipedia

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    The Open Location Code (OLC) is a geocode based on a system of regular grids for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth. [1] It was developed at Google's Zürich engineering office, [2] and released late October 2014. [3] Location codes created by the OLC system are referred to as "plus codes".

  6. Computer-aided dispatch - Wikipedia

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    Geocoding is a translation system allowing addresses to be converted to X- and Y-coordinates. Someone placing a call for service has an address attached to a wired phone number or tells the dispatcher their address. For example, suppose the caller's address is 123 Main Street. The GIS or CAD system includes a look-up table.

  7. How to text from your PC or Mac - AOL

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    If you’re working on your computer or don’t want to use your thumbs to message, send messages straight from your PC or Mac. It’s simple to set up. ... Let's use T-Mobile as an example here.

  8. geo URI scheme - Wikipedia

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    The current revision of the vCard specification [2] supports geo URIs in a vCard's "GEO" property, and the GeoSMS standard uses geo URIs for geotagging SMS messages. Android based devices support geo URIs, [3] although that implementation is based on a draft revision of the specification, and supports a different set of URI parameters and query ...

  9. 30 Examples Of “Teaching Your Grandparents To Use The ... - AOL

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    Image credits: Ask_me_4_a_story #3. I think the transition is that I (sixtyish) have noticed is that I expect technology to change. I expect an iPhone with new features.