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What are slippy map coordinates?

0	https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis/Detailed_Usage_0.43 names slippy map coordinates in contrast to lat/lon. What are they? slippy osmosis asked 16 May '14, 20:51 snupo 96●6●6●11 accept rate: 0%

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2	This refers to the zoom/x/y combination used to identify map tiles. See Slippy Map Tilenames on the wiki for more info. answered 16 May '14, 20:53 Frederik Ramm ♦ 82.5k●92●720●1273 accept rate: 23%