What are ‘Plus Codes’?

Plus Codes are like street addresses for places that don’t have one or may not be known.

They are based on latitude & longitude, & displayed as numbers & letters.

With a Plus Code, you can help rescuers more easily find locations.

As an example, the Plus Code for the Inverloch Visitor Information Centre is 9P8H+H4
On your Android or iOS device, open the Google Maps app: Touch & hold a place to drop a pin on Google Maps. The Plus Code will then be displayed.

To find out more, the Google explanation is here…

The example below shows a mobilephone Google Maps screenshot with Plus Code ‘9MM2+RX7‘ shown for a location on Bass Hwy between Wonthaggi & Inverloch.