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Natural Area Coding System  

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  • The Natural Area Coding System (NACS) is a global georeferencing system used to produce compact location codes requiring only 8 or 10 characters to specify a single address—a length similar to postal codes. As location-based services become more popular and the world becomes globalized, being able to efficiently, reliably, and universally specify locations is important. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science; Natural Area Coding System]

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