What3words divides the world into squares, each with a unique three-word address

Re:What3words divides the world into squares, each with a un... by Piskvorrr on Friday August 16, 2019 @05:11AM (#20713410)

Oh, this is free-as-in-beer all right (at the time of writing). Free-as-in-speech would be, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code

Or even the venerable Maidenhead Locator, even though it's not well specified for high location precision.

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Re:What3words divides the world into squares, each with a un... by mosselman on Friday August 16, 2019 @05:16AM (#20713430)

Thanks, Open Location Code looks like a great solution.

https://plus.codes/6PJ4CWRW+H3 for anyone who wants to play around with it.

Although I must say that '6PJ4CWRW+H3' is still harder to communicate than horse.cow.sheep for example. That is the clever thing about what3words, the design of the addresses. What I like about Open Location Code is that adjacent squares have a similar name.

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Re:What3words divides the world into squares, each with a un... by Piskvorrr on Friday August 16, 2019 @05:20AM (#20713447)

Well, I like how the code can be shorter when using a location (I see "CWRW+H3 Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia") or unambiguous and terse when using the full code ("6PJ4CWRW+H3").

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