On 16/10/2016 16:58, Douglas Bateman wrote:
I have been told of another method called what3words.com
<http://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
squares on land with 3 words in 10 other languages in addition to
English. Of potential value to less developed countries. My contact
says: "A very good idea I think as it is easier than numbers and
covers the whole globe (dependent of course on the w3w database
continuing to exist, which let's hope it does) to give e.g. addresses
in African shanty towns or remote villages in India as well as where
there are postcodes."
An intriguing system, based on the fact that three words, however
unrelated, are rather more memorable than a latitude/longitude. Typing
Greenwich Observatory comes up with oval.blast.improving. My house has
a similar unique set of words.
Well worth a look.
Doug
I'm at obscuring.words.serious.
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Richard Mallett
Eaton Bray, Dunstable
South Beds. UK
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