Describe Any Location On Earth In 3 Words 478
First time accepted submitter jameshumphreys writes "London startup what3words has successfully launched a new website which has carved the world map into almost 57 trillion 3m x 3m squares, assigning each square a simple, unique 3 word address. For instance, the 'what3words' for the famous Peter Pan statue in London's Hyde Park is 'union.prop.enjoy'. This means you can easily describe even remote locations with great precision. CEO Chris Sheldrick says, 'We see our service being most useful where current methods of describing location (e.g. postcodes or ZIP codes) don't do the job well enough or don't do the job at all — but of course it has applications as a preferred alternative even where the existing solutions do a decent job, but perhaps less precise/customised than w3w.' An API is planned 'in the coming weeks.'" The heart of Disneyworld could be "Radioactive Humanoid Mice"; what would you call your neck of the woods?
Phoenx, Arizona (Score:5, Funny)
1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 (Score:5, Funny)
embrace.extend.extinguish anyone?
Wouldn't developers.developers.developers be more appropriate to the current CEO?
one better (Score:5, Funny)
I'll describe the entire Earth in only 2:
Mostly Harmless
Re:Damn. Too many words. (Score:5, Funny)
San Francisco, CA: "Not United States"
Redmond, WA: "Hell On Earth"
Slashdot.... (Score:5, Funny)
nobody.reads.TFA
Re:1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sure their building is larger than 3x3 meter so they have room for both and bring.more.chairs as well :)
Re:Damn. Too many words. (Score:5, Funny)
Stockton?
No, that's the crotch of California. The Armpit is Oakland.
Re:Damn. Too many words. (Score:2, Funny)
Stockton?
No, that's the crotch of California. The Armpit is Oakland.
Los Angeles is the asshole.
Re:Slashdot.... (Score:4, Funny)
My three words?
Endless stretch ocean.
Accounts for about at least 1.6 ~ 1.8 trillion of these squares.
Re:You can do it with just latitude / longitude (Score:5, Funny)
So now, instead, you've got to give her the three words, plus the URL of the website, which she will easily fuck up.
3words.....what?
What three words?
Oh...type into my browser....
ok...
www.what.three.words.com
I don't get anything.
Oh..ok.
www.what.3.words.com
It's still not working.
Grrrr.
www.what3.words.com
This stupid thing!
Just give me your damned latitude and longitude!!!