dots 2015 - steven ramage, what3words
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ADDRESSING THE WORLD IN 3 WORDS
THE WORLD IS POORLY ADDRESSED
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75% OF THE WORLD HAS INADEQUATE, POOR OR NO ADDRESSING SYSTEMS
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4 BILLION PEOPLE DON’T HAVE AN ADDRESS
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POOR ADDRESSING IS EXPENSIVE AND FRUSTRATING IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD…
…AND COSTS LIVES & LIMITS GROWTH IN DEVELOPING ONES
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“FOR COURIERS, THE ’LAST MILE’ IS OFTEN THE LEAST EFFICIENT LINK IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN, COMPRISING UP TO 28%
OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE DELIVERY.”
SUPPLY CHAIN DIGITAL.COM
PARCEL2GO.COM, 2013
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“THE ADDRESS DATA IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING THING TO WORK ON [RIGHT NOW].”
”FOR THE LOVE OF OPEN MAPPING DATA”
STEVE COAST (FOUNDER OF OPENSTREETMAP), TECHCRUNCH, 2014
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COMMUNICATING A SIMPLE LOCATION FOR EVERYONE EVERYWHERE STILL A CHALLENGE
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25° 9’ 40.918” S 18° 59’ 2.824” E
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LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATE PAIRS ARE GREAT FOR MACHINES BUT INEFFECTIVE FOR PEOPLE UNLESS PROFESSIONALS.
ERRORS IN UNDERSTANDING, TRANSCRIPTION AND COMMUNICATION OF
LAT/LONG MAKE THEIR WIDESPREAD USE PROHIBITIVE.
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WHAT3WORDS IS A GLOBAL LOCATION REFERENCE SYSTEM
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WHAT3WORDS IS A GLOBAL LOCATION REFERENCE SYSTEM WITH AN ACCURACY OF 3 METRES, AND WORKS AROUND
THE SIMPLICITY OF 3 WORDS, WITH NO NUMBERS.
IT IS ALGORITHMICALLY GENERATED SO REQUIRES NO DATABASE, CAN WORK WITH OR WITHOUT A DATA CONNECTION,
AND IS OPTIMISED FOR VOICE INPUT AS WELL AS TEXT.
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WORDS ARE BEST FOR COMMUNICATION
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WORDS WORK EVERYWHERE
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WORDS MEAN YOU CAN SPOT ERRORS
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ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION
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WORDS ENABLE INTELLIGENT DISTRIBUTION
WORDS EMPOWER PEOPLE
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A COMMON COMMUNICATION LANGUAGE
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ADVANTAGES OF USING WHAT3WORDS
HOW TO FIND A 3 WORD ADDRESS
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1. Type in your postcode, street address or business name.!
3. Switch to satellite view and unlock pin.!
4. Move pin to actual location, !the 3 word address is displayed !
on the red bar.!
2. View the map and zoom in to grid level.!
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ON THE WEB AND ON MOBILE
w3w.co/map w3w.co/ios w3w.co/android
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TAARIFA & THE WORLD BANK IN TANZANIA
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long.empire.raft 3 word address
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