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As an idea, what3words appears to exist only to make money for its owners. The UK already has an open, easy to use, well documented and battle-tested way of de
by maxehmookau 5y ago
As an idea, what3words appears to exist only to make money for its owners.
The UK already has an open, easy to use, well documented and battle-tested way of defining any point in the country. Grid references.
What3Words doesn't actually solve a problem that isn't already solved.
- gmac 5y agoYes! The national mapping agency (Ordnance Survey) make the algorithm for highly accurate GPS conversion (OSTN02) available for free. This is my implementation in C, for example: https://github.com/jawj/OSTN02c https://github.com/jawj/OSTN02c