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AskGeo provides a simple, fast, and accurate Interactive Map, Web API and Java Library for finding out the time zone information for a given location (latitude and longitude). It's simple: you give latitude and longitude and the API returns the unix (Olson) time zone ID (e.g., "America/Chicago", "Europe/London"), the Windows Standard Name for the time zone (e.g., "Pacific Standard Time", "Central European Standard Time"), and the current offset from UTC.

LocaPoint is the state-of-the-art location pointer code that can express any location of the world, only with 12 letters. SW8.HQ9.CS6.PQ8 Statue of Liberty SD9.XC4.FE1.CV4 Tokyo Tower UL4.MZ7.FP3.TU4 London Eye You can say prompt answer, "10:35" or "16:45" to the question, "What time is it". But, can you say a prompt answer to the question, "Where is it" ? You may use Address, Landmark, Direction, or Map. But there is no prompt way to answer - before LocaPoint came. Application LocaPoint can be used in anything that need to show a location. * Directory/Travel Guide/Restaurant Guide * Blog/Travel Diary * Real Estate information * Pleasure * Appointment * Advertising/Signs * and More.... Advantages of using LocaPoint LocaPoint has a unique format - "Letter, Letter, Number" , that leads a three advantages. First, you can easily recognize that this is a information regarding a location by this format, as you do for "***@***.com" as email address, or "http://****" as URLs. Second, the pattern of "Letter, Letter, Number" helps you to cognize, read, tell, listen, input, or remember. If a code has no pattern, or is totally random, you may have a difficult time to use it. Third, LocaPoint unique format is also "Detectable" for a computer. Computer can detect LocaPoint as a "location information" and can automatically start a GIS application, such as Map or Navigator. Here is a simple program to do it. By clicking this, every LocaPoint that is written in plain text will be "Linkify" to GoogleMaps with specified location.

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