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  2. What3words - Wikipedia

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    What3words. What3words (stylized as what3words) is a proprietary geocode system designed to identify any location on the surface of Earth with a resolution of about 3 metres (9.8 ft). It is owned by What3words Limited, based in London, England. The system encodes geographic coordinates into three permanently fixed dictionary words.

  3. Geography of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.With a total area of approximately 244,376 square kilometres (94,354 sq mi), [a] [1] the UK occupies the major part of the British Isles archipelago and includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern one-sixth of the island of Ireland and many smaller surrounding islands. [3]

  4. Google Earth - Wikipedia

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    Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering addresses and ...

  5. Open Location Code - Wikipedia

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    Open Location Code. The Open Location Code (OLC) is a geocode based in a system of regular grids for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth. [1] It was developed at Google's Zürich engineering office, [2] and released late October 2014. [3] Location codes created by the OLC system are referred to as " plus codes ".

  6. List of online map services - Wikipedia

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    United States. Apple Maps - covers the whole country. Bing Maps – covers the whole country. Google Maps - covers the whole country. Libre Map Project. MapQuest - covers the whole country. The National Map by the United States Geological Survey. Roadtrippers - covers the whole country. TerraServer-USA - covers the whole country.

  7. Ordnance Survey National Grid - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Ordnance Survey National Grid reference system (OSGB), also known as British National Grid (BNG), [1][2] is a system of geographic grid references, distinct from latitude and longitude, whereby any location in Great Britain can be described in terms of its distance from the origin (0, 0), which lies to the west of the Isles of Scilly.

  8. United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The UK is a major centre for engine manufacturing: in 2022 around 1.5 million engines were produced. [288] It is also the world's fourth-largest exporter of engines, as of 2021. [291] The UK motorsport industry employs more than 40,000 people, comprises around 4,300 companies and has an annual turnover of around £10 billion.

  9. List of cities in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Examples of cities in the United Kingdom; Liverpool, Edinburgh, Worcester; and London. This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated as such as of 12 November 2022. [1][2] It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter. [3][4] There are currently 76 such cities in the ...