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Not particularly reassuring, can't someone just create an open system with a similar concept and release the mapping.
by s0rce 9y ago
Not particularly reassuring, can't someone just create an open system with a similar concept and release the mapping.
- hobofan 9y agoWhen someone told about what3words, they also told me that they made money by selling shorter or more pleasant word pairings to whoever was willing to pay, but the only reference to that I could find is [0]. Having that requirement would make it much more difficult to build such a system. Apart from that, it's basically "just" geohashes with a different (population-density based) encoding. [0]: https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/08/what3words/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/08/what3words/
- mtmail 9y agoThose were called One Words. That was their old businesses model and abandoned/pivoted.
- tyingq 9y ago>can't someone just create an open system with a similar concept There's a pretty good, working parody at http://what3fucks.com http://what3fucks.com
- evancox10 9y agoAnd that system maintains a hierarchical relationship, you and your neighbor share the first n words. Makes much more sens e