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That makes sense.

"9C3XFWG3+2G" is barely any shorter than using coordinates, but "FWG3+2G, London" is significantly easier to read or write down than coordinates.

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Which London? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_(disambiguation)

Surely the point of truncated codes is that they are used in contexts where other information makes clear the rest? So if I'm talking about things in the UK and someone says they live/work/whatever at "FWG3+2G, London", I already know which London.

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