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I couldn't find a head on this but this seems like a genuine game changer for addressing service and sat nav accuracy.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3458234/Th...
https://map.what3words.com
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3458234/Th...
https://map.what3words.com
HorneyMX5 said:
I couldn't find a head on this but this seems like a genuine game changer for addressing service and sat nav accuracy.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3458234/Th...
https://map.what3words.com
Can't really see this being adopted by anyone - ever.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3458234/Th...
https://map.what3words.com
It does nothing for accuracy (by definition), its inefficient to store and you need to know the 3 completely random words for the place you want to go - and in most cases to find the 3 words you'll have to have a GPS located device in your hand to retrieve the 3 words....when you already have the GPS device in your hand which gives you more accurate coordinates.
The only genuine use case is when a drunk stumbles into a cab and shouts "sucks.hairy.balls" repeatedly at the driver, instead of just giving their address.
What a waste of VC funding.
GreigM said:
HorneyMX5 said:
I couldn't find a head on this but this seems like a genuine game changer for addressing service and sat nav accuracy.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3458234/Th...
https://map.what3words.com
Can't really see this being adopted by anyone - ever.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3458234/Th...
https://map.what3words.com
It does nothing for accuracy (by definition), its inefficient to store and you need to know the 3 completely random words for the place you want to go - and in most cases to find the 3 words you'll have to have a GPS located device in your hand to retrieve the 3 words....when you already have the GPS device in your hand which gives you more accurate coordinates.
The only genuine use case is when a drunk stumbles into a cab and shouts "sucks.hairy.balls" repeatedly at the driver, instead of just giving their address.
What a waste of VC funding.
I work in an industry where accurate location data is paramount to creating efficiencies in the operation. Using this kind of accuracy teamed with good Nav software could save £1000s if not 10,000s a year to some business.
saw it when it first launched, had a token of interest for a while, but then meh.
may be useful if im travelling around the world in convoy and want to arrange meet up points but cant be bothered to name a place or the lat and long, or just bloody email a google maps pin
useful here where not a single property has an address or even a street name
also here
and here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3171114/Am...
they've got a whole generation of junk-mail to catch up on... welcome to the world!
no so much use here in the uk with addresses and internet and all.
may be useful if im travelling around the world in convoy and want to arrange meet up points but cant be bothered to name a place or the lat and long, or just bloody email a google maps pin
useful here where not a single property has an address or even a street name
also here
and here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3171114/Am...
they've got a whole generation of junk-mail to catch up on... welcome to the world!
no so much use here in the uk with addresses and internet and all.
)Only just clocked on to this (yes I know) due to a story in the local rag.
So yeah, great for alerting the emergency services to your location if you don't know where you are.
Would be handy for couriers as previously mentioned, but has it been picked up my them?
Thinking of sticking our w3w in the instructions bit for deliveries, as our house is named and on a 4mile long road.
So yeah, great for alerting the emergency services to your location if you don't know where you are.
Would be handy for couriers as previously mentioned, but has it been picked up my them?
Thinking of sticking our w3w in the instructions bit for deliveries, as our house is named and on a 4mile long road.
Dave. said:
52GR+2V
Doesn't quite roll off the tongue does it?
Compared to "smooth.tracks.trains" (yes I know), especially when in a panic or at the side of a windy motorway, etc.
Reciting 52GR+2V over a phone to someone has a number of possible transcription errors, especially with noise as above. The w3w phrases are deliberately arranged so that any error is obvious, such as pointing to Uzbekistan instead of the M25. Having said that it does seem like it is dead in the water. Doesn't quite roll off the tongue does it?
Compared to "smooth.tracks.trains" (yes I know), especially when in a panic or at the side of a windy motorway, etc.
It is slowly being taken up, Merc have it in their cars, Ford and Range Rover are supposed to be signed up. Tom Tom announced last year that it would be added to their sat navs (no sign of it yet).. Navmii have it in thier sat nav software.
I suppose the problem is that most of the developed countries have pretty good addressing and very few people need accuracy to 3m unless like mentioned above you live out in the sticks where postcodes cover a long road/area and nothing is numbered. And I suppose in the less developed countries how many of the general population have the technology to make use of w3w.
I suppose the problem is that most of the developed countries have pretty good addressing and very few people need accuracy to 3m unless like mentioned above you live out in the sticks where postcodes cover a long road/area and nothing is numbered. And I suppose in the less developed countries how many of the general population have the technology to make use of w3w.
It seems to me a good idea in principle. I was trying to find an office in Birmingham yesterday and had the full address, post code and the name of the company in the office. Could i find it? Could i ***k. The postcode covers at least 20 street numbers, only a couple of the buildings themselves were numbered as they were predominantly shop frontages and it just so happened that the office i was looking for was on the corner, so whilst the address was '4 Hills Road' or something like that, the building just said 'Hills Court' on the outside. Then the business name wasn't on the list of businesses behind reception on the inside......
The point being, w3w would have given a much less ambiguous description of the location and i wouldn't have spent yesterday morning wandering up and down a street in the rain!
The point being, w3w would have given a much less ambiguous description of the location and i wouldn't have spent yesterday morning wandering up and down a street in the rain!
Dave. said:
I reckon if Apple/Google bought into this (or developed their own similar thing) people would lap it up.
Absolutely.GPS states my postcode is over half a mile away. We haven't got a road name, and the house name isn't on the road either - and I don't particularly want it.
Couriers love us
. On the plus side we now tend to know all the couriers by name and we never have any trick or treaters, or jehova witnesses...I can definitely see the benefit of w3w.
Seemingly random, from "the dictionary" with offensive and ambiguous words removed. Like there and their, etc.
Quite interesting once you read into it a bit deeper.
Words cannot be changed as it's "offline" so you can't be changing things otherwise it won't be as accurate til everyone is updated to the latest.
Quite interesting once you read into it a bit deeper.
Words cannot be changed as it's "offline" so you can't be changing things otherwise it won't be as accurate til everyone is updated to the latest.
Dave. said:
Seemingly random, from "the dictionary" with offensive and ambiguous words removed. Like there and their, etc.
Quite interesting once you read into it a bit deeper.
Words cannot be changed as it's "offline" so you can't be changing things otherwise it won't be as accurate til everyone is updated to the latest.
I hope they look at the initialisation too. I’d not want CUM or ASS as examples of the possible initialisations from 3 wordsQuite interesting once you read into it a bit deeper.
Words cannot be changed as it's "offline" so you can't be changing things otherwise it won't be as accurate til everyone is updated to the latest.
Edit: instead of asking silly questions I went and played with the map (https://map.what3words.com/) myself to see how it worked. My house (not exceptionally large) has enough frontage to the street to let me choose from at least 20 squares (probably more to the middle of the street). Help by our road being diagonal on the map. So even if one was something I didn’t like I could choose another. Unless you live in a 3m square you should have some choice!
Edited by robbieduncan on Thursday 4th April 08:54
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