presentation - humtech boston 2015

A GLOBAL STANDARD FOR COMMUNICATING LOCATION

75% OF THE WORLD HAS INADEQUATE, POOR OR NO ADDRESSING SYSTEMS

4 BILLION PEOPLE DON’T HAVE AN ADDRESS

THE ONLY GLOBAL OPTION IS LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE, WHICH ARE EVERYWHERE, BUT ONLY USED BY GEO PROFESSIONALS.

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATE PAIRS ARE:

GREAT FOR MACHINES BUT INEFFECTIVE FOR PEOPLE.

ERRORS IN UNDERSTANDING, TRANSCRIPTION, AND COMMUNICATION OF LAT/LONG MAKE THEIR WIDESPREAD USE PROHIBITIVE.

W3W IS A GLOBAL GRID OF, 57 TRILLION 3X3 METRE SQUARES. EACH SQUARE HAS BEEN PRE-ALLOCATED WITH A FIXED, UNIQUE 3 WORD

ADDRESS.

WORDS BEAT NUMBERS FOR COMMUNICATION

WORDS WORK EVERYWHERE

WORDS MEAN YOU CAN SPOT ERRORS

INTELLIGENT DISTRIBUTION OF WORDS TO EASE USE

FAMILIAR WORDS EMPOWER COMMUNITIES

WORDS PROVIDE A COMMON LOCATION LANGUAGE

NUMEROUS BENEFITS OVER OTHER SYSTEMS

WE HAVE OUR OWN WHAT3WORDS APP

OUR APP IS BEING USED FROM THE FAVELAS OF BRAZIL TO THE TOWNSHIPS OF SOUTH AFRICA

W3W.CO/FAVELA70

OUR API IS BEING USED BY MULTIPLE PARTNERS

INCLUDING TAAFIRA & THE WORLD BANK IN TANZANIA

AND OUR BATCH CONVERSION TOOL ENABLES 3 WORD ADDRESESS TO BE ADDED TO EXISTING DATA SETS

A 3 WORD ADDRESS MEANS

EVERYONE & EVERYWHERE NOW HAS A SIMPLE ADDRESS

@what3words  @krishmanayee  @steven_ramage  

 krishma@what3words.com  steven@what3words.com