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As I understand it, it is designed to put common misspellings/close-spellings of the three word phrase (eg. cat.mice.dog vs. cat.mice.dogs) in totally different
by qu1mby 10y ago
As I understand it, it is designed to put common misspellings/close-spellings of the three word phrase (eg. cat.mice.dog vs. cat.mice.dogs) in totally different parts of the earth, so that it is immediately obvious on lookup that you have the wrong address.
- aw3c2 10y agoSomeone shared these on Facebook, 300km distance between Chicago and Gradn Rapids: https://map.what3words.com/help.driver.lost https://map.what3words.com/help.driver.lost https://map.what3words.com/driver.lost.help https://map.what3words.com/driver.lost.help It's a scam. The media should really stop repeating press releases.
- mtmail 10y agoIf you mix up words or misspell a place one usually ends up somewhere unplanned. 600km between Springfield, Texas (Jim Wells County) and Springfield, Texas (Anderson County). Half around the world if you mistype a coordinate (or mix up latitude and longitude or forget a minus sign).
- aw3c2 10y agoYes, wrong coordinates are much easier to detect. The 300km are too small to be clearly wrong, imagine a package being delivered from the East Coast.