LocID - A Unique Object-at-a-Location Identifier

Designing a global hierarchical geographical identifier that accounts for spatial inaccuracy and computational performance

Master thesis at the University of Zurich

Linus Rüegg1, Robert Weibel1, Cheng Fu1, Thomas Phillips2
1 Department of Geography, University of Zurich
2 Affiliated Research Scientist, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Science, University of Colorado Boulder; Lead Geo Innovations, Swiss Re Management Ltd

This repository contains the reference implementation of LocID in Python. LocID is a DGGS based global spatial identifier.

The paper describing LocID can be found here: https://linusrg.ch/LocID.pdf