Talk:Geocode

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Contents 1 Merge 2 Dubious entries 3 must click 4 Geocode

[edit] Merge

has to be merged with Geographic_coding Tobias Conradi 17:39, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Absolutely agree, they seem to be identical subjects. — Johantheghost 01:00, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Done. — Johan the Ghost _seance 16:51, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dubious entries

Is a Car License plate really a geocode? There may be some geographic element — that's true in the UK, for example — but it's only an element. In a typical license plate, only a few of the characters — if any — have any geographic significance; most of them identify a vehicle. So I think this is a pretty dubious entry. — Johantheghost 14:48, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

I would also dispute:

Airport codes 

they specify an entity rather than a location: eg. if San Diego airport moved out of the city centre, would its name/code change? I don't think so.

UN/LOCODE 

ditto.

ITU-T country codes 

they name a country, rather than talking about a location.

ISO 3166 

ditto.

MARC country codes 

ditto.

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) 

again, a nomenclature rather than a specification of a location.

ONS coding system 

same again; eg. 12UBGA means "Petersfield Ward", but how does that tell me a location?

WMO 

on the list but has no relevance that I can see.

— Johan the Ghost _seance 16:51, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

It gets worse. Have you seen what links here? -- Robocoder (t|c) 05:59, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] must click

So we have to click or hover on each link to find out what all those acronyms mean. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.201.31.246 (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Geocode

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A Geocode (Geospatial Entity Object Code) is representation format of a geospatial coordinate measurement used to provide a standard representation of an exact geospatial point location at, below, above the surface of the earth at a specified moment of time.

A Geocode representation format is a combination of the following geospatial attributes:

  1.  Geocode Format Registry Number.
  2.  Latitude. 
  3.  Longitude.
  4.  Altitude. 
  5.  Date. 
  6.  Local Time. 
  7.  Global Time in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) format. 
  8.  Coordinate Reference System.
      (Coordinate Reference System Type Registry Number - IS0 19115, Geodetic Reference Ellipsoid 
      Registry Number, Geodetic Reference Datum Registry Number, Coordinate Format Registration 
      Number - ISO 19145). 
  9.  Coordinate Sensor Accuracy for Latitude, Longitude and/or Altitude. 
  10. Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) address or Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) address in 
      Compressed, Uncompressed or Fully Uncompressed decimal format. 
  11. Other geospatial attributes. 

Mandatory attributes included in the Geocode representation format are Geocode Format Registry, Latitude, and Longitude. All other attributes are voluntary.

A Geocode is an all-natural number representation format specification.

Geocode is a patented geospatial representation format under US Patents 6,681,231 approved July 26, 2003 and 7,107,286, approved May 4, 2006.

Geocode is a registered US Federal trademark, US Registration Number 3182988, approved December 12, 2006.

Geocode is a federally registered copyrighted computer software program, US Registration Number TX-6-603-127, dated July 26, 1999.

Geocode is a proposed standard for the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), L1 Geographic Information Systems committee (an ANSI and ISO technical committee).