Nigeria has become the seventh country to adopt what3words for mail deliveries

Re:Nigeria has become the seventh country to adopt what3word... by josephpmay on Sunday October 29, 2017 @02:39PM (#15580621)

I’ve never thought about this, but what3words could be hugely helpful for me. My house is essentially located between two streets, and the street name in the address isn’t the actual street where my mailbox is or where you’d enter the gate, so loosing packages is common and it’s hard to explain to friends how to find me

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Re:Nigeria has become the seventh country to adopt what3word... by Seylerius on Sunday October 29, 2017 @03:36PM (#15580956)

It seems like what3words is precisely as helpful as standard coordinates, with the exception that coordinates don't depend on a proprietary company.

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Re:Nigeria has become the seventh country to adopt what3word... by gervase on Sunday October 29, 2017 @04:45PM (#15581326)

It seems to be me to be roughly analogous to the hostname <-> IP mapping; they both describe the same place, but one is more memorable and easier to communicate.

This company seems a far cry from ICANN, however.

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Re:Nigeria has become the seventh country to adopt what3word... by josephpmay on Monday October 30, 2017 @01:49AM (#15583308)

Have you ever tried to memorize a precise coordinate?

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Re:Nigeria has become the seventh country to adopt what3word... by s0rce on Sunday October 29, 2017 @02:49PM (#15580668)

I used to live on an alley with a 1/2 in the address, people always had trouble finding it.

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