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The Simplest Geohash Implementation Under the Sun is a geohashing tool designed for developers who need to convert geographic coordinates into compact string representations. It provides a straightforward approach to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The simplest geohash implementation under the sun launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   An API to encode and decode coordinates using Geohash▲40

   2019 · geohash.world · its alternatives →

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   DataMonkey▲676

   Your GeoAI to combine in-house with public map-based data

   2024 · datamonkey.tech · its alternatives →

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   ProximityHash – Geohashes in Proximity▲36

   Geohashes in proximity. Contribute to ashwin711/proximityhash development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Latitude▲446

   Open-source framework for embedded analytics

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A raytracer to shade topographic maps in R▲198

   2018 · tylermw.com · its alternatives →

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   Flatmap – a new tool to make vector tiles from OpenStreetMap data fast▲158

   Flexible tool to build planet-scale vector tilesets from OpenStreetMap data fast - onthegomap/planetiler

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A Simple GPU Hash Table▲119

   A Simple GPU Hash Table

   2020 · nosferalatu.com · its alternatives →

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   SplatHash – A lightweight alternative to BlurHash and ThumbHash▲61

   Hi HN, I built SplatHash. It's a lightweight image placeholder generator I wrote to be a simpler, faster alternative to BlurHash and ThumbHash. Repo: https://github.com/junevm/splathash

   Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Globe visualizations in Golang▲258

   Globe wireframe visualizations in Golang. Contribute to mmcloughlin/globe development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Create generative background images from a string in Go▲188

    :triangular_ruler: Create beautiful generative image patterns from a string in golang. - pravj/geopattern

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    WhatFreeWords: Open-Source Geocoding for What3Words▲113

    2019 · whatfreewords.org · its alternatives →

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    My demo for vector embeddings for the Earth's surface▲106

    2023 · louisquissetlabs.com · its alternatives →

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    Discohash – Fast Hash▲75

    :rocket: DISCoHAsH - Simple, fast, quality hash in 120 lines. 10GB/s serial (depending on hardware). Also in NodeJS - DO-SAY-GO/DISCoHAsH

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free GeoJSON editor to visualize, download or convert into many formats▲214

    Revolutionize GIS data management with Geoman for Leaflet, MapLibre, and Mapbox. Add drawing, editing, cutting, splitting, snapping, measuring, and more directly on the map.

    2020 · geoman.io · its alternatives →

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    SimpleGeo Replacement (SimpleGeo will shut down March 31)▲12

    Geocodify is a free, simple-to-use, enterprise-grade worldwide geocoding, geoparsing and maps api that allows you to build location aware applications.

    2012 · geocoda.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple Hash Table Implementation for C▲42

    Simple hash table implementation for C. Contribute to watmough/jwHash development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Get any piece of Google Earth as a single normalized glTF 3D model▲177

    Google released an API in May to get fetch 3D Tiles of anywhere on Earth. Using this in standard 3D engines like Blender is tricky because (1) the tiles are in a geographic coordinate system (2) you get a lot of little tiles at varying quality levels I wanted to simplify this so all you need to do is get an API key, select a map region and a zoom level, and get one combined glTF file that you can throw into any engine. Especially if you're just prototyping and want to see how this data looks in your engine before investing in figuring out all the nuances of the API & coordinate system. (Note…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tiny, fast, and free API to geolocate IP addresses▲144

    Lightweight API service to get geolocation data from IP addresses. - risk3sixty/geoapi

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A portable hash map in C▲176

    A small, portable, linear probing hash map. Contribute to e-dant/salmagundi development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A book introducing Geospatial and Rust▲11

    My friend and I have been collaborating on this lighthearted introduction to doing geospatial computation in rust. Don't know Rust? Don't know geospatial? I'd be interested to know what you think.

    2022 · book.georust.org · its alternatives →

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    A reimplementation of Google's sparsehash in C▲22

    A simple re-implementation of Google's sparsehash as a learning excercise. - qpfiffer/Simple-Sparsehash

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate interactive heatmaps from your Google Location History data▲67

    Visualize your collected Google Location History data using an interactive heatmap directly in your browser.

    2014 · theopolisme.github.io · its alternatives →

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    MapReduce Implementation of Spatial Co-Location Mining Algorithm▲43

    2016 · shagunsodhani.in · its alternatives →

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    Tile38 – A geolocation DB with spatial index and realtime geofencing▲82

    Real-time Geospatial and Geofencing. Contribute to tidwall/tile38 development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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