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Maidenhead Locator System coordinates #17325

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fcatt opened this issue Jun 1, 2023 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #18436
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Maidenhead Locator System coordinates #17325

fcatt opened this issue Jun 1, 2023 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #18436
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fcatt commented Jun 1, 2023

🚀 feature request

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Maidenhead Locator System is used by radioamateurs to indicate geographical coordinates in a concise way, even in bad transmission conditions. This system is greatly adopted by the community all over the World.
The coding uses alternating pairs of letters and digits to encode longitude and latitude. With 6 characters the precisions is ≈ 10 km, for more precise location (extended locator), it il possible to add 2 additional digits.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System

Describe the solution you'd like

In the coordinates dropdown panel from the map context menu, displaying coordinates in the Maidenhead Locator System format alongside others coordinates formats.

Describe alternatives you've considered

There are two standalone Android apps on the Playstore (no F-Droid or direct APK download) from the same developper and unknown licence: com.us1pm.gridsquarelocator (current/last known device location only, no map) and com.us1pm.gridzone (uses a Google Maps background).
@vshcherb vshcherb added the Nice to Have Should be fixed but there is no priority or no possibility to fix it within current horizon planning label Jun 2, 2023
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vshcherb commented Jun 2, 2023

Similar priniciple to pluscodes (https://maps.google.com/pluscodes/#:~:text=What%20are%20Plus%20Codes%3F,displayed%20as%20numbers%20and%20letters.) and OSM short url

@onitake onitake linked a pull request Oct 25, 2023 that will close this issue
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onitake commented Oct 25, 2023

I tried to implement this in #18436 but couldn't manage to build OsmAnd locally, so it's completely untested.

@vshcherb vshcherb added this to the future-android milestone Oct 30, 2023
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Display Maidenhead locator as extra location info onitake/OsmAnd
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