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Off by one character. Is there an free/open software solution? One that is or could end up being a second best, if W3W is primary? If so, does it suffer the s
by mxmilkiib 5y ago
Off by one character.
Is there an free/open software solution? One that is or could end up being a second best, if W3W is primary?
If so, does it suffer the same problem? Of very similar words that are likely to be misheard/misspelt being close enough IRL that it could be mistaken to be real.
- growse 5y agoGoogle open-sourced pluscodes, which seems like a decent open alternative: https://maps.google.com/pluscodes/ https://maps.google.com/pluscodes/
- alwayshumans 5y agoWhat3words is a clever bit of research that should never have been spun into a company. It's just an implementation of a discrete global grid. I don't think it is live anymore but there used to be a parody called What3fucks, you can probably guess what type of words it used