{"id":134834,"date":"2017-09-22T15:34:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T21:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134834"},"modified":"2017-09-23T00:03:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T06:03:27","slug":"will-three-word-coordinates-trump-addresses-lat-long-coordinates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/22\/will-three-word-coordinates-trump-addresses-lat-long-coordinates.html","title":{"rendered":"Will three-word coordinates trump addresses and lat-long coordinates?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, this is actually very clever: map out the world in 3x3m (roughly 10x10ft) squares. Algorithmically create a three-word code for each of those — figure.heat.museum<\/a><\/i> or match.shutting.petted<\/i> or holds.cheaply.fussed<\/i> — and now, all of a sudden, people can get to anything.<\/p>\n

This works great in areas that lack street addresses (a relatively new development in the world’s history, and something often missing even in certain areas of first world countries), or where the street address is misleading (“Meet me at the back door — takes.chimp.rice”<\/i>) or imprecise (“We’re on the bridge at repaying.dodgy.statuses<\/i>“) or non-existent (“We found a good place to picnic — trophy.mappings.communal<\/i>“). And the words are easier to say and remember (and validate) than strings of latitude-longitude.<\/p>\n

Apparently Mercedes is going to be incorporating What3Words coding in their voice-controlled satellite navigation system, and there are other companies looking at it for a variety of other uses. The biggest issue I see at the moment is that it is a proprietary setup — you have to license the algorithm\/API from the company, so it’s not at all clear that you will be seeing it in Google Maps (or other mapping tools) any time soon.<\/p>\n

But conceptually, it’s awfully cool. Maybe Google will buy them<\/i> instead of the service.<\/p>\n


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\nwhat3words | Addressing the world<\/a><\/span>
\nwhat3words is the simplest way to talk about location. We’ve divided the world into a grid of 3m x 3m squares and assigned each one a unique 3 word address.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, this is actually very clever: map out the world in 3x3m (roughly 10x10ft) squares. Algorithmically create a three-word code for each of those — figure.heat.museum or match.shutting.petted or holds.cheaply.fussed — and now, all of a sudden, people can get to anything. 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