Just three words

[malkymoo]

Found this interesting, system using three words to specify any 3 metre square on earth:

http://what3words.com

Seems like great idea for places that do not have a developed postal service.

[redsturgeon]

Found this interesting, system using three words to specify any 3 metre square on earth:

http://what3words.com

Seems like great idea for places that do not have a developed postal service.

That is truly wonderful, to know the pavement outside my house is hedge.puppy.unicorn is priceless

John

[staffordian]

Are these three words preallocated or do they only apply if you select and register them?

I just located our place on the map and when I moved the pointer away then back it gave me three completely different words each time.

Staffordian

[malkymoo]

Are these three words preallocated or do they only apply if you select and register them?

I just located our place on the map and when I moved the pointer away then back it gave me three completely different words each time.

Staffordian

Words are preallocated (as I understand it)

Your problem is probably because the area for each code is very small, about 3 metres square. Your place has probably got a number of codes associated. Try it with the map magnification increased.

[redsturgeon]

Yes, when you zoom in close you can actually see the three metre squares and the names stay consistent.

John

[malkymoo]

Found this interesting, system using three words to specify any 3 metre square on earth:

http://what3words.com

Seems like great idea for places that do not have a developed postal service.

That is truly wonderful, to know the pavement outside my house is hedge.puppy.unicorn is priceless

John

I couldn't withstand the temptation to look it up, and it would seem you live in the middle of Tibet!

[redsturgeon]

LOL... I wondered what square those three words would apply to

Try it yourself with any three words

Edited to add:

Wow I must have got lucky. Honestly that was the first three words I typed in but now I just tried again after several attempts have not match a location.

John

[malkymoo]

Hours of time wasting potential here.

I have managed to find lemon.fool.boards, which is in the middle of the bush in Queensland. My wife was pleased to see sues.looking.good. I have not managed to find anything salacious, they have done a good job of avoiding any smutty combinations!

laugh.outs.loud (somewhere in India)

[Meatyfool]

Apparently, the answer to life.universe.everything is Oman!

Meatyfool..

[Meatyfool]

Too little to do at work!

hope.springs.eternal - Jasper National Park, Canada
union.city.blues - Raleigh, N. Carolina
Happy.birthday.from - Alice Springs!
amazons.kindle.fire - Eucla, W. Aus
chips.taste.good - Zambia

and as for hunting out the risqué:

score.once.thanks - Berea, Ohio

Meatyfool..

[malkymoo]

greetings.lemon.fools (somewhere in Angola)

[redsturgeon]

lemons.best.game

Brazil

[XFool]

Found this interesting, system using three words to specify any 3 metre square on earth:

http://what3words.com

Seems like great idea for places that do not have a developed postal service.

Yes... But there seem to be an ever proliferating number of such schemes. Why reinvent the wheel? I prefer this one, used in TomTom SatNavs but since released into the public domain. Why is it not more well known?

[Biggles]

Found this interesting, system using three words to specify any 3 metre square on earth:

http://what3words.com

Seems like great idea for places that do not have a developed postal service.

Côte d'Ivoire recently adopted it for that very reason http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38262877

[malkymoo]

happy.holiday.lemons (somewhere in Bulgaria)

[XFool]

Yes... But there seem to be an ever proliferating number of such schemes. Why reinvent the wheel? I prefer this one, used in TomTom SatNavs but since released into the public domain. Why is it not more well known?

Don't know what happened to the link, here it is again - Mapcodes: http://www.mapcode.com