What3words - a project that will make a revolution in navigation

What3words Service wants to force us to abandon the usual addressing homes and forget furious GPS-coordinates. Instead, we are asked to send each other on three magic words. What are these words and how they work, you will learn from this article.

What do you do when you need to talk to my friend on the phone, where you are now, and around any remarkable object? And if you need to send a parcel to China, but you can not play hard these bizarre characters in the address? And what about the situation where you have to navigate the unfamiliar terrain, but you do not understand the of GPS-navigation?

In all these and many other cases, you will come to the aid What3words project. His idea is as simple as a penny, and at the same time majestic genius. Project developers have proposed to divide the entire surface of the planet into squares 3 × 3 meters and assign each of them a unique address. And this address does not consist of digits - this GPS system can - but because it is clear and easy to remember human words. Here's a look movie, the creators of the best of me to tell all.

Thus, each point on the ground, whether it is located in the Sahara Desert, the slums of Mumbai, or in the mountains of Afghanistan, gets his precise, clear and convenient address.

Using words as a frame ensures that users who do not have the technical knowledge, will be able to find any location easily and give it to a location faster, easier and more clearly than in any other way, whether they address, zip code, latitude and longitude, or mobile mark. The ability of human memory lock three words works almost flawlessly, while the probability of storing 16 with decimal digits and prefixes marks N / S / E / W, required for position determination by means of latitude and longitude, it tends to zero.

Despite its apparent simplicity, in the heart What3words work fairly sophisticated algorithms, making the system more reliable and functional. For each available language (Russian is one of them) were selected about 25 000 words, used for addressing. These words were sorted with regard to their length, uniqueness, frequency of use and simplicity of writing and pronouncing. Then What3words service distributed algorithm similar combination of three words all over the world, to avoid system failures and human factors (for example, point noch.ulitsa.fonar and fonar.ulitsa.noch are located in different parts of the world).

Currently working on the project site mapWith which you can try What3words system in action. Move it so that the center marker stood in the desired point, and below you will see three words for its location.

Please note that the system supports eight languages ​​now: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, German, Turkish and Swedish. Thus What3words address in one language is not a translation of the three words from another language, and you can enjoy the most comfortable option for themselves.

In addition to gadgets running iOS and Android available special mobile application. With their help, you can find out the address of any point in What3words system, pave the path to it, to send it by e-mail or SMS. Now you will not have long to explain to friends place signs where you expect them, and how to get there. You will simply pass any convenient way three magic words, and they will find you easily using mobile applications.

address system What3words easiest way to solve a pretty important and complex issue. This service, provided that it is widespread, can really change a lot in navigation, mapping, delivery of mail and cargo, travel, e-commerce. Now every corner of our planet will receive the exact address, with one that will be remembered not only computers, but also ordinary people.

What3words

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Developer: what3words Ltd.

Price: Free