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A brief History of GeoKey
The GeoKey is a navigation technology created by Stephen M Dye, author of several books on GPS, wireless data and software security. The technology combines the inventors interests and experience in satellite navigation, terrestrial and satellite wireless communications, and data confidentiality & integrity.

The GeoKey idea came about after continued challenges with using the GPS navigation devices in Dyes' higher-end BMW and Audi cars, which used rotary controls to enter a destination address- letter, by letter. This was seen to be a very frustrating and difficult exercise which was compounded by the fact that some addresses required a North or East suffix or prefix, some streets required BLVD or Boulevard to be spelled out fully. Dye set to work to create a scheme that would not only make entry easy, but also global in it its application, and the GeoKey was born.

GeoKey Format

After several experiments and trials with a variety of algorithms and display formats, the current GeoKey format of AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD was trialed and finally adopted. As can be seen, the format uses 4 groups of four letters where each 4 letter group is either (a) a word or (b) a pronounceable letter combination or (c) a convenient letter combination. The table below provides examples.

Example GeoKeys
The Empire State Building in New York City, has a GeoKey of UUUU ARTE AIRN GIRO. As is evident, the GeoKey is very easily entered in a device using the letters of any keyboard quite rapidly, and much easier than using the mailing address which is "350 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118, USA".

The Grand Hyatt Hotel in Shenzhen is on 1881 Bao'an South Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 518001 which is rather a lot to enter in any GPS device, but the GeoKey is  ENSU IXOR GLEB SLEW

There are numerous global examples of how a GeoKey can replace a mailing address to assist with navigation, but there are yet further examples of how a GeoKey can be used for off-map locations or areas where a GeoKey very conveniently helps a user to record or share a location. Such a location could be in the middle of the desert, a forest, the sea or perhaps in the Himalayas. GeoKeys replace not only mailing addresses but also coordinates. In Bhakra, Nepal, there's an ice lake at N-28.67940, E-84.06017 or in another, well-used format is 28°40'45.8"N 84°03'36.6"E. The GeoKey however, is DAWG NETA YOUR HERT and only needs the alpha keyboard to enter.

Using GeoKeys- Consumers and Professionals
GeoKeys can be used by both consumers or professionals. One example is the logistics and transport sector - if a delivery point is a large outside plant, delivery by drone or truck, GeoKeys can help workers retrieve inventory in large outside plants, navigate to a destination by air or road, all using private and public Geokeys, and never a mailing address. All utilities whether power or telco manage high volumes of in-field assets, inventory and major infrastructure that require rapid and accurate finding and navigation to. Again GeoKeys allow for accurate and rapid location in finding of these items for this vertical. Oil, natural gas and water wells can be mapped with private GeoKeys in remote parts of the world to assure accurate geo-tagging as well as easy retrieval and navigation back to the find with out using complex and ambiguous coordinate systems. Farming equipment, asset and inventory, field, vineyard, orchard boundaries, resources, and much more are all tagged with GeoKeys that allow farmers to rapidly and accurately measure their location, share it and easily enter in their navigation devices.