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General Category => The Knowledge => GPS => Topic started by: andyoxon on 22 February, 2016, 05:51:35 pm

Title: What3words.. global 3x3m sqrs?
Post by: andyoxon on 22 February, 2016, 05:51:35 pm
What do you make of it all?

https://what3words.com/tools/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/12167251/Rezoning-the-planet-three-words-at-a-time.html
Title: Re: What3words.. global 3x3m sqrs?
Post by: Andrew on 22 February, 2016, 06:07:59 pm
Cool!

I love that people can look at a subject in a new and creative way.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: What3words.. global 3x3m sqrs?
Post by: fuaran on 22 February, 2016, 06:15:10 pm
Yet another attempt to commercialize coordinates, and sell virtual space.
Its a proprietary system, so to find a location you have to use their website, or an official app. So you couldn't use it offline for example.

And how practical is it anyway? How easy is it to remember and share 3 random words? If you forget or misspell one part, you get a location on the other side of the world.
Whereas with latitude/longitude, or other coordinate system, you can look at the first part and get some idea of where it is, and how far away it is from another point.
Title: Re: What3words.. global 3x3m sqrs?
Post by: Andrew on 22 February, 2016, 06:31:35 pm
From their FAQ

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the entire what3words’ system is tiny, and so it can work offline when a user doesn’t have a data connection. The what3words app and our partner apps and services typically launch using the online version of our system, but offline support is now being included in more and more apps that use what3words (including our own).
Title: Re: What3words.. global 3x3m sqrs?
Post by: Pancho on 22 February, 2016, 06:34:44 pm
The.Third.Thread

Mucho.Press.Coverage

Funding.Round.Soon.
Title: Re: What3words.. global 3x3m sqrs?
Post by: fuaran on 22 February, 2016, 06:47:29 pm
Quote from: Andrew on 22 February, 2016, 06:31:35 pm
From their FAQ

Quote
the entire what3words’ system is tiny, and so it can work offline when a user doesn’t have a data connection. The what3words app and our partner apps and services typically launch using the online version of our system, but offline support is now being included in more and more apps that use what3words (including our own).
And to use it in a 'partner app' you have to sign up for their licensing agreement, which has plenty of terms that restrict what you can actually do with the app. They currently have free access to the API, but they could charge in the future.
Title: Re: What3words.. global 3x3m sqrs?
Post by: Ningishzidda on 23 February, 2016, 08:13:00 am
Whereabouts is

What.The.F**k
Title: Re: What3words.. global 3x3m sqrs?
Post by: Phil W on 24 February, 2016, 09:04:44 am
Buenos Aires apparently

https://map.what3words.com/What+The+Fuck!+-+Asborno,+Buenos+Aires+Province,+Argentina