Placekey: The Universal Identifier for the physical world
Unlock location data analysis with the powerful and universal identifier of Placekey
Location data is messy and often ambiguous. A common challenge with location data is that it can have multiple geographical hierarchies and multiple names from addresses or even different latitude and longitude depending on the location of the point.
There have been numerous attempts to standardize the location identifier, including What3Words, which is proprietary. At the beginning of this month, Placekey announced a free and open API universal identifier for any physical place in the world.
In this article, I will go through what Placekey is, why I think it will revolutionize the location data analysis and how you can get started immediately using their web and Python API.
What is Placekey
Placekey is a free, universal standard identifier for any physical place, so that the data pertaining to those places can be shared across organizations easily…Placekey goes beyond just an identifier. It is a movement of organisations.
Placekey is a common/universal join key that can help you map ambiguous place data to a simple and unique identifier. The key itself contains 19…
