What3Words: a giant grid of the world made up of 57 trillion squares of 3m x 3m

Re:What3Words: a giant grid of the world made up of 57 trill... by Vanzetti on Sunday November 16, 2014 @11:09AM (#8614513)

This is stupid on so many levels. What about floors? 3m x 3m in a skyscraper can be an address of thousands of people. And why even allow the oceans?

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Re:What3Words: a giant grid of the world made up of 57 trill... by cjrsheldrick on Sunday November 16, 2014 @04:11PM (#8615449)

Why not allow the oceans? The most common, shortest words are on land, the longest, least common words are reserved for the oceans, so the "land" 3 word combinations aren't affected at all by the inclusion of the oceans. For now, most navigation for everyone is based around a 2D map so, 2D is sufficient. If the world becomes fluent in 3D navigation, then there could easily be an optional extra parameter for height.

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Re:What3Words: a giant grid of the world made up of 57 trill... by owenversteeg on Sunday November 16, 2014 @11:49AM (#8614643)

People use boats, and lat/lon coordinates are also sometimes useless without an elevation.

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