Features

Features of the Wolo app

1. Encode

   Any geo location is converted to a bunch of words.
   The name of the city along with those three words is sufficient to get back to that precise point.

   e.g. The cafe - front entrance : 12°58'19.6"N 77°35'38.1"E : Bengaluru cat apple tomato

2. Decode

   The words from the encode process when decoded return the precise geo location, with accuracy of 2 meters

   e.g. Bengaluru cat apple tomato : 12°58'19.6"N 77°35'38.1"E : The cafe - front entrance

3. Works offline

   All codes already exist, so they do not need to be generated and synced to a central database. After one online visit, the web app encodes and decodes without a network: shell, word list, cached cities, last map area tiles, and queued saves. Sign-in and unseen map areas still need a connection.

4. Labels

   Standard Wolo Code labels can be generated that can be printed and placed at points of interests.

   

5. Address book

   Addresses can be saved to the cloud - so that they can be recalled directly.

6. Change city

   The city with respect to which the code is generated for a given location can be manually changed.

   e.g. <City A> cat apple tomato :: 12°58'19.6"N 77°35'38.1"E :: <City B> mango cheese grape

7. Add city

   In case if a city is not available in the database, a user can request the city to be added to the database.