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|last1=DeLozier|first1=Jochen L.

|date=2007|title=Toponym resolution in text: annotation, evaluation and applications of spatial grounding

|url=httphttps://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/1849|publisher=University of Edinburgh|hdl=1842/1849}}</ref> Any standardized system of toponym resolution, having codes or encoded abbreviations, can be used as ''geocode system''. The "resolver" agent in this context is also a ''geocoder''.

Sometimes names are translated into numeric codes, to be compact or machine-readable. Since numbers, in this case, are name identifiers, we can consider "numeric names" &mdash; so this set of codes will be a kind of "system of standard names".

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| [[What3words]]|| 2013 || globe || encode(latLon) || '''patented''' || grid cell

| patent-restrictions system, converts 3x3 meter squares into 3 words.<ref>{{cite web|title=What3words: Find and share very precise locations via Google Maps with just 3 words|date=2 July 2013|url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/07/02/what3words-a-new-way-to-search-for-and-share-locations-via-google-maps-with-just-3-words-universal-address-system/|access-date=8 July 2014}}</ref> It is in use at [[Mongol Post]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=httphttps://geospatial-solutions.com/mongolia-adopts-what3words-as-national-addressing-system/|title = Mongolia adopts what3words as national addressing system – Geospatial Solutions : Geospatial Solutions| date=June 2016 }}</ref>

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