Geohash idea for Bus stops (and other location redundancy) de-duplication

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From Pune Open Data portal, we have lat-long data of bus stops, but it is non-unique and heavily repeating in some cases. The BRT stops were there in a separate unique list so they are easy to pry out, but the larger dataset of non-BRT stops needs work.

Geohashes resolve lat-long values into square areas. So, a pair of lat-longs that are very close to each other but not the same can be resolved to belong to the same geohash. So, this could be a way of clustering the stops data. Links:

• http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/geohash.html - this is shorter than pluscodes even
• https://plus.codes/map/

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Some more links:

• http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/geohash.html
• http://geohash.gofreerange.com/ Wanted: A combination of these tools. A map where we can fix the precision (like, 5 chars), where we can click to reveal the geohash for that area, and where we can type in lat-long or geohash to browse to that place. And, something more: We should be able to input other kinds of hyperlinks like google maps shortlinks or long URLs, and get the corresponding geohash. The tool's URL should accept parameters.