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The growing power of geolocation crosses over into conflict zones
Geolocation is a classic example of technology with multiple applications. Amazon, Blinkit, Swiggy, Uber, Lyft, and Google, among others, use it to locate obscure places
Devangshu Datta
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One of the great accomplishments of the 21st century is the ability to determine locations very accurately. A smartphone can easily geo-locate itself inside a square with 3.5 metres or less on each side, using open location codes ('plus codes').
Plus codes simplify the representation of a given spot, using extended longitude and latitude coordinates with subdivisions of minutes and seconds. Plus codes use a Base 20 number system to convert the Lat-Long readings into shorter formats. Geometers can also add the international height reference frame to adjust differences in sea-levels with baseline 'zero-height'.
The maths is not conceptually hard. The accuracy
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