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I like what3words - it's about as good as you can get for the same goofy idea. Those ubicate names are shorter but ... ugly. I like that my data centre is at
by mattbee 12y ago
I like what3words - it's about as good as you can get for the same goofy idea. Those ubicate names are shorter but ... ugly. I like that my data centre is at *fish.wages.jelly but not TACEGE-CARAFAN.
If I'd heard my office name over the phone using the ubicate system I might instead head for http://ubicate.me/TACEGE-CARAVAN http://ubicate.me/TACEGE-CARAVAN ... which looks to be about 30 miles off the coast of Holland, not on the York ring road :-)
So I get the idea, but this algorithm produces awful names.
what3words noticed that you needs less than 1800 words to assign a combination of 3 words to every square meter on earth, so those words can be chosen to be different from each other, unambiguous, common etc. Still ENGLISH and not very international, but it's a much better idea.
- somewhatoff 12y agoThey do support a lot of other languages, although the words aren't the same between languages as far as I can tell (so they can't be 'translated'). Still, I bet they cover most of the world's population in their local language.
- terravion 12y agoTotally agree, What3words is way better for communication. But even there, if you read me the locator, I have no idea where the location is. With traditional addresses, I have a good idea of where things are, and how I might get there, just by hearing the address, the same is true with lat/lon or MGRS to a lesser extent. This system means I need a device to figure out where anything is. This whole idea seems like a variation on "the world would be better if only it was run by computer logic" (where better = more orderly and machine readable). For whatever reason, other considerations (cultural affinity, convenience in a daily context, etc.) seem to be more important to most people.