Amusing what3words place names?

[Shakermaker]

The discussion on the Mercedes thread in GG is getting a bit far from the original topic so perhaps a thread in here is best:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

What3Words seems pretty cool, every single place on earth reduced to a 3 word locator in a specific 3 metre x 3 metre grid across the whole globe.

Three random(ish) words can be used to pinpoint any one of 57 trillion individual grid squares, with great uses in many places that don't have a postcode system such as ours

Here's their site explaining it:

https://map.what3words.com/daring.lion.race

Here's the map:

https://map.what3words.com/daring.lion.race

What funny places can you find?

[Shakermaker]

Closest I could get so far to a PH-able phrase was

Dominated.them.stars

[SystemParanoia]

ive been using w3w for a long time.

great for showing people exactly which entrance/exit/door/unnamed road to use for some random conference/event/other

and much quicker than lat/long

[Shakermaker]

SystemParanoia said:

ive been using w3w for a long time.

great for showing people exactly which entrance/exit/door/unnamed road to use for some random conference/event/other

and much quicker than lat/long

Yes, definitely.

I've been considering how I can use this at work as well, though within some airports the different levels might make it more complex.

[Utterpiffle]

autonomous.driver.attachment - straight into the sea
drink.drive.daily - again, into the North Atlantic
dangerous.dodge.challenger - not in America
wipe.several.times - Nebraska
slightly.sticky.parts - next to Bell tower in China
never.drift.responsibly in western Russia
piston.heads.forum appears to have it's own pool in South Africa
broken.parts.daily - actually near a scrap yard in San Antonio - pleased with that one!

Edited by Utterpiffle on Friday 15th September 14:54

[SystemParanoia]

Shakermaker said:

SystemParanoia said:

ive been using w3w for a long time.

great for showing people exactly which entrance/exit/door/unnamed road to use for some random conference/event/other

and much quicker than lat/long

Yes, definitely.

I've been considering how I can use this at work as well, though within some airports the different levels might make it more complex.

could you not speak to the Airport and investigate the use of BLE beacons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrrzihUs9o

[Shakermaker]

SystemParanoia said:

could you not speak to the Airport and investigate the use of BLE beacons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrrzihUs9o

Already being done as it happens! (or something similar, I can't open YT links at work)

[SystemParanoia]

Shakermaker said:

SystemParanoia said:

could you not speak to the Airport and investigate the use of BLE beacons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrrzihUs9o

Already being done as it happens! (or something similar, I can't open YT links at work)

well all we need then is for W3W to introduce an altitude element

[Topper_Harley]

Total.vehicle.reliability

TVR, East of Jo'burg

[r6blacky]

shut.that.door

Near Leigh on Sea

[bigandclever]

monsoon.poultry.hospital
Middle of the Pacific Ocean.

[8bit]

Shakermaker said:

Closest I could get so far to a PH-able phrase was

Dominated.them.stars

I found powerfully.built.goatee in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

[Shakermaker]

ambulance.chaser.lawyers
ambulances.chaser.lawyer

Both exist

[designforlife]

haha my work is- drops.slick.purely

fun!

[john2443]

I'm disappointed that welsh.you.tard and frozen.sausages.lawn don't exist

[legless]

powerfully.built.director is in the middle of a lake in Canada

[legless]

And the epicentre of convertible.hairdresser.cars is in Russia.

[Levin]

Haven't checked it but where is sausages.in.lawn?

[sospan]

Look for "Lord Hereford's Nob".
It is a hill in mid Wales next to a hill "Hay Bluff".

When working in our police ops room I had a call from a woman who was out horse riding and found another riderless horse...
"Hello....I was out riding on Hay Bluff and found a riderless horse, with saddle."
My mate chuckled....."Lucky she hadn't crossed over to the other hill"

[evenflow]

r6blacky said:

shut.that.door

Near Leigh on Sea

just.like.that is in Chicago