Addresses aren't as ubiquitous as you may think. According to Google, billions of people don't have an address, or if they do, it's not very accurate. To remedy the problem, the company created a ...

In that sense, Plus Codes, which is what Google is calling this new feature, is a good thing. According to Google: Plus Codes use latitude and longitude to produce a ...

There are many places in the world that don't have an address system, which can restrict the opportunities available for people who live and work in those areas. Without an address, you can't get mail ...

Google introduced Plus Codes back in 2018 as an open-source version of typical street addresses, and now the company is ramping up that effort to make it useful to local communities that lack that ...