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Re:What3Words – The Algorithm by SamBam on Sunday May 02, 2021 @10:29PM (#27021032)
Looking at the 3 word-based W3W, for some reason they have "horses" and not "horse," but you can find both https://what3words.com/correct.horses.battery and https://what3words.com/horses.battery.staple, and interestingly enough they are both in Canada, one in Nunavut and the other in Quebec.
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Re:What3Words – The Algorithm by jhgb on Sunday May 02, 2021 @10:30PM (#27021039)
"...if the solution is to use words, then What4Words would have had a word list of less than 3000, resulting in a word list with less confusable words..."
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Re:What3Words – The Algorithm by SamBam on Sunday May 02, 2021 @11:00PM (#27021179)
I had ninja-edited to be clearer, but perhaps I was too slow. I was simply noting what the equivalent two locations would be in W3W.
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