{"id":26336,"date":"2016-08-11T16:28:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T14:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26336"},"modified":"2016-08-11T16:28:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T14:28:43","slug":"what3words-addressing-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/11\/what3words-addressing-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"what3words &#8211; addressing the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/what3words.com\/\">what3words<\/a> is an interesting solution to the problem of the global addresses. \u00a0What&#8217;s the problem, you ask? \u00a0Well, according to their website:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Poor addressing costs businesses billions of dollars and hampers the growth and development of entire nations.<\/li>\n<li>Around 75% of the world (135+ countries) suffers from inadequate addressing.<\/li>\n<li>4 billion people are invisible, unable to get deliveries or receive aid, and unable to exercise their rights as citizens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t sound too far from the truth. \u00a0So, how do they solve it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/what3words_converter.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/11\/what3words-addressing-the-world\/what3words_converter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/what3words_converter.png?fit=1370%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1370,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"what3words_converter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/what3words_converter.png?fit=660%2C289&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/what3words_converter-500x219.png?resize=500%2C219&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"what3words_converter\" width=\"500\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/what3words_converter.png?resize=500%2C219&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/what3words_converter.png?resize=768%2C336&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/what3words_converter.png?resize=1024%2C448&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/what3words_converter.png?w=1370&amp;ssl=1 1370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/what3words_converter.png?w=1320 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>what3words is a global grid of 57 trillion 3mx3m squares.<\/p>\n<p>Each square has a 3 word address that can be communicated quickly, easily and with no ambiguity.<\/p>\n<p>Our geocoder turns geographic coordinates into these 3 word addresses and vice-versa.<\/p>\n<p>Using words means non-technical people can accurately find any location and communicate it more quickly, more easily and with less ambiguity than any other system like street addresses, postcodes, latitude &amp; longitude or mobile short-links.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s a very elegant solution. \u00a0Obviously, it doesn&#8217;t solve all of the problems (for example, it does not take height into account, so if you have a 50-floor high apartment block, all 50 floors will share the same squares). \u00a0But this solution is still valuable and super easy to use.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s fun too! \u00a0I live around <em>crowbar.land.premises<\/em>, and I work close to\u00a0<em>simply.approve.pretty<\/em>. \u00a0See, I told you.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, <a href=\"http:\/\/what3words.com\/\">what3words<\/a> has been recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/12\/world\/what-in-the-world\/mongolia-post-what3words.html\">in the news<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mongol Post, the country\u2019s largest mail provider, has licensed the system from What3Words, and starting in September it will offer customers the option of using the three-word codes. 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