It is increasingly common to use applications that, using our location, offer us different services. A clear example are passenger transport companies, such as Cabify or Uber, which take us from one place to another.
To use them, the mobile detects our position and we just have to enter the direction we want to go, but it may happen that it does not locate you well, but with the Plus Code that we can use with Google Maps, this does not happen.
As explained in Engadget, the Plus Code are “An alternative that Google Maps offers to postal addresses and long geographic coordinates. It is about six-digit codes consisting of letters and numbers, accompanied by the name of the town”.
This type of numbering can be easily shared and is a replacement for the classic coordinates that we can also use to locate ourselves, but if we are using the mobile, it is more complex to achieve. With the Plus Code you will only have to locate where you are and copy that information, we will tell you how.
How to find the Plus Code of Google Maps
To find this code we just have to enter the Google Maps mobile application and have geolocation activated (essential to identify where we are). Once inside we mark where we are making the marker coincide with the blue point that locates us (a trick if you have trouble finding the exact point is to zoom in with your fingers to make it easier). Once the marker is selected, scroll down on it and you will see the Plus Code. Copy and paste in the Cabify app, Uber or whatever, and voila, as we explain in this video.
In the same way, you can search for the Plus Code of a specific place, for example a restaurant. You just have to write the name of the restaurant and when you have found it, go down in its file until you find the Plus Code at the bottom.
In this way you will be able to mark exactly the “coordinates” of the place you want to go or where you are, without any difficulty and always making sure that the car you have ordered finds you wherever you are, even if it is in the middle of the desert.
Photos | Dino reichmuth, Julentto Photography on Unsplash, Jared