RE: Mercedes introduces what3words to sat-navs

[unsprung]

Utterpiffle said:

I genuinely can't understand all the negativity on this thread.

Somebody ring up Les Edgar. We have two mandates for him:

1. He must make absolutely no revisions to the design of the new TVR Griffith, and
2. His new car must be fitted with What 3 Words (and no other navigational kit).

PH will then explode in a supernova of negativity!







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[Greg_D]

one of the downsides is losing that idea of 'gross relative position'

ie, if you've never heard of a village, the postcode will give you an idea of roughly where it is. the 3 words won't help you on that score

monkey.butt.sniffer may be in either central london or the isles of scilly or indeed anywhere else in the world and you'd have no idea, it'd certainly shrink the world.

[lordrobs]

Having done a single (thankfully) shift as a multi drop driver while between jobs in rural Norfolk this idea would have been a godsend. No more driving up and down looking for "The Oaks" a property on a 2 mile single track lane where no one has a house name on their property.

Also quite handy if drone delivery ever takes off. I've only got a small back garden but I've got a square slap bang in the middle of it that is free of buildings, fences etc.

[unsprung]

Greg_D said:

one of the downsides is losing that idea of 'gross relative position'

ie, if you've never heard of a village, the postcode will give you an idea of roughly where it is. the 3 words won't help you on that score

W3W was not designed to replace postcode systems. See earlier comments here.

[PhantomPH]

lordrobs said:

Also quite handy if drone delivery ever takes off.

Excellent use case (and marvellous pun, might I add!).

[ecs0set]

Could be confusing.

Want to come round to my house for beers after work? feck.off.weiner

[LimaDelta]

I like this. Definitely paving the way for more auto driving and delivery services in the future. Will make life a lot easier for first responders/air ambulance etc. too.

[blearyeyedboy]

Brilliantly elegant idea.

I also like the opportunity for unfortunate addresses.
When I type in 10 Downing Street, I get slurs.this.shark

[E92Dee330i]

Looks like an interesting idea especially when trying to meet in an exact location.

Just checked the driveway where the car lives...."engine.xxxxx.trips"

[Hungrymc]

unsprung said:

Greg_D said:

one of the downsides is losing that idea of 'gross relative position'

ie, if you've never heard of a village, the postcode will give you an idea of roughly where it is. the 3 words won't help you on that score

W3W was not designed to replace postcode systems. See earlier comments here.

It also reduces the indication you get from any co-ordinate system. If you use them they become a very nice way to visualize where you're looking for, relative to where you are. W3W won't do that - part of the ongoing blind reliance on tech which is always a double edged sword.

I'm on the fence. I can see it's quick and simple to convey verbally (with the spelling risk) but with so much data being transferred electronically anyway (Forwarded or cut and paste) I think it's uses are really limited.

[Max5476]

Very useful for festivals or mountain resque. Can give a paramedic a 3 word code, which guides them to a 3m square with the injured persons tent. Considering the site might have 10,000 tents over a few square miles, it allows a location to be quickly and accurately shared.

[cptsideways]

Ha

Elephant Rationed Scorpions for our gate entrance lol


Torso Trappings Segmented, for the garden would be more appropriate in Gloucester


I can see some brilliant ones coming

[Shakermaker]

anonymous said:

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but you can go to rear.wheels.drive in Hartlepool

[thegreenhell]

There's a square outside the Nurburgring ticket office called overran.cockiness.deployed, while inside the marshal's office staffed.scales.fiercely. A warning to all who go there.

[Pan de Monium]

This opens the possibility of choosing some truly random holiday destinations. When I was a young child I used to amuse myself by closing my eyes, spinning the globe of the world, and pointing my finger at it. When the globe stopped spinning I had a fantasy holiday at the location I was pointing towards, but the experience was always spoilt slightly by knowing roughly what latitude I was holding my hand at. Now it can be properly random.

Have just tried it and it looks as though I should be going to a very inhospitable looking region of arctic Russia