Re: Precise locations

2016-12-27 Thread jmikeshaw
Ian wrote: <> SatNav is similarly 2 dimensional. I was travelling south towards Liverpool (UK) when my wife said she wanted to visit the Liverpool Costco store. I wasn’t sure of its location, so I put the store postcode into the car SatNav, but it directed me into the Mersey Tunnel. About 300

Re: Precise locations

2016-12-26 Thread Ian Maddocks
y to remember compared to lat and long to the same accuracy. Merry Christmas Ian Chester, UK Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> From: Michael Ossipoff Sent: 7:34PM, Monday, 26 December Subject: Re: Precise locations To: Ian Maddocks Cc: Douglas Bateman, Sundial list Two thin

Re: Precise locations

2016-12-26 Thread Michael Ossipoff
UK > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > From: Michael Ossipoff > Sent: 7:34PM, Monday, 26 December > Subject: Re: Precise locations > To: Ian Maddocks > Cc: Douglas Bateman, Sundial list > > Two things that I ask someone to explain: > > 1. How

Re: Precise locations

2016-12-26 Thread Steve Lelievre
I agree with Ian's comments but note that, just as for longitude/latitude, the system on its own does not constitute a delivery address. Just a few days ago I received a delivery from a courier who complained bitterly that the he'd had to call at several doors before finding me. The sender

Re: Precise locations

2016-12-26 Thread Ian Maddocks
accurate than a post code , and easy to remember compared to lat and long to the same accuracy. Merry Christmas Ian Chester, UK Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> From: Michael Ossipoff Sent: 7:34PM, Monday, 26 December Subject: Re: Precise locations To: Ian Maddocks Cc: Douglas B

Re: Precise locations

2016-12-26 Thread Michael Ossipoff
rom:* sundial <sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de> on behalf of Douglas > Bateman <douglas.bate...@btinternet.com> > *Sent:* 16 October 2016 15:58 > *To:* Sundial list > *Subject:* Re: Precise locations > > I have been told of another method called what3words.com > > Designed i

Re: Precise locations

2016-10-16 Thread Fabio
: Precise locations In message <d339e370-5a25-4d9e-8d99-637604f93...@btinternet.com> Douglas Bateman <douglas.bate...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Sundiallers like to give precise locations for dials, but (a little off-list) > I have a bottle of Campo Viejo Rioja 2014 w

Re: Precise locations

2016-10-16 Thread Ian Maddocks
l-boun...@uni-koeln.de> on behalf of Douglas Bateman <douglas.bate...@btinternet.com> Sent: 16 October 2016 15:58 To: Sundial list Subject: Re: Precise locations I have been told of another method called what3words.com<http://what3words.com> Designed in 2013 and developed since then, it

Re: Precise locations

2016-10-16 Thread Richard Mallett
On 16/10/2016 16:58, Douglas Bateman wrote: I have been told of another method called what3words.com Designed in 2013 and developed since then, it uses a grid of the world made up of 57 trillion squares of 3 metres by 3 metres. Each square has been given a 3-word

Re: Precise locations

2016-10-16 Thread Douglas Bateman
I have been told of another method called what3words.com Designed in 2013 and developed since then, it uses a grid of the world made up of 57 trillion squares of 3 metres by 3 metres. Each square has been given a 3-word address. what3words has named the 17 trillion

Re: Precise locations

2016-10-16 Thread Martina Addiscott
In message Douglas Bateman wrote: > Sundiallers like to give precise locations for dials, but (a little off-list) > I have a bottle of Campo Viejo Rioja 2014 wine in front of me which gives at > the