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I built a latlon<->word system using geonames as the source of the words. https://3geonames.org https://3geonames.org 146000 global place names in total. The f
by eruci 5y ago
I built a latlon<->word system using geonames as the source of the words. https://3geonames.org https://3geonames.org
146000 global place names in total.
The first word is the name of the most important geographical location in the given area while the other 2 words are quasi random. https://3geonames.org/LONDON-MOSCOW-PARIS https://3geonames.org/LONDON-MOSCOW-PARIS is next to https://3geonames.org/LONDON-MOSCOW-GASSIN https://3geonames.org/LONDON-MOSCOW-GASSIN . (places that are about 160 metres apart will share both the first and the second word)
Lately I've been thinking of modifying the system to only use place names from the country where the point falls in, so you will only get British place names for locations that fall inside Great Britain. You could also modify the code (it is open source) to whatever you like.
There is an infinite number of ways to skin this cat, but I doubt we will ever all agree on just one.
- rgovostes 5y agoSeems confusing to me to describe a location using the names of unrelated other places. It would be even more confusing to limit the word set in the way you describe. "Where do you live?" "London-Oxford-Leeds." "Where is that?" "Outside Brighton."
- eruci 5y agohttps://3geonames.org/London-Oxford-Leeds https://3geonames.org/London-Oxford-Leeds can also be described as https://3geonames.org/LONDON-UAS https://3geonames.org/LONDON-UAS