Method and apparatus for identifying and communicating locations

An apparatus adapted to produce a location identifier, said apparatus having a processor configured to:

• receive geographical coordinates of a location comprising strings of numbers from a location determining means;
• and;
• to perform the steps of:
• converting the geographical coordinates comprising strings of numbers into a single unique integer n;
• converting the single unique integer n into a unique group of a plurality of integers;
• and
• converting the plurality of integers into an a number of respective words where the number of respective words is equal to the number of integers comprising said unique group of a plurality of integers;
• and
• making the number of respective words available to a location identifying module as a location identifier.

A location identifier producing computer program stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the location identifier producing computer program comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor will cause the processor to:

• receive geographical coordinates of a location comprising strings of numbers from a location determining means;
• and;
• to perform the steps of:
• converting the geographical coordinates comprising strings of numbers into a single unique n integer n;
• converting the single unique integer n into a unique group of a plurality of integers;
• and
• converting the plurality of integers into a number of respective words where the number of respective words is equal to the number of integers comprising said unique group of plurality of integers;
• and
• making the number of respective words available to a location identifying module as a location identifier.

A computer implemented method of identifying a location comprising:

• receiving at a processor from a location identifying module a location identifier for a location, the location identifier comprising a plurality of words;
• at said processor performing the steps of:
• converting the plurality of words into a unique group of respective integers where the number of integers is equal to the number of words comprising said plurality of words;
• converting the unique group of integers into a single unique integer n;
• converting the single unique integer n into geographical coordinates comprising strings of numbers;
• and
• outputting the geographical coordinates comprising strings of numbers to a location determining means.

An apparatus adapted to identify a location, said apparatus having a processor configured to:

• receive a location identifier for a location from a location identifying module, the location identifier comprising a plurality of words;
• and
• to perform the steps of:
• converting the plurality of words into a unique group of respective integers where the number of integers is equal to the number of words comprising said plurality of words;
• converting the unique group of integers into a single unique integer n;
• converting the single unique integer n into geographical coordinates comprising strings of numbers;
• and
• outputting the geographical coordinates comprising strings of numbers to a location determining means.

A location identifying computer program stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the location identifier producing computer program comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor will cause the processor to:

• receive a location identifier for a location from a location identifying module, the location identifier comprising a plurality of words;
• and
• to perform the steps of:
• converting the plurality of words into a unique group of respective integers where the number of integers is equal to the number of words comprising said plurality of words;
• converting the unique group of integers into a single unique integer n;
• converting the single unique integer n into geographical coordinates comprising strings of numbers;
• and
• outputting the geographical coordinates comprising strings of numbers to a location determining means.