presentation - humtech boston 2015
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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
