What3words: A woman rescued from near Everest's base camp after a fall, a business traveller caught up in a terrorist attack in Somalia and a diving accident in the Maldives. Three successful rescues which relied on three simple words. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49754820 …
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Replying to @AnahidBasiri
This is a very interesting way of assigning geo coordinates to places. I’m wondering if this might be easier to navigate, if only the three-word assignment would follow a logic somehow...
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Replying to @EvaGriesbauer
One of the biggest issue is language and internationalism (not everybody speaks English and not all words are translatable). And, nope! There is no logic and/or open algorithm for generating the words. This is another challenge for people like us!
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Replying to @AnahidBasiri @EvaGriesbauer
The problem is that there is no logical/hierarchical structure in the 3 words and every mispelling puts you far away. I checked them for my office - one is in plural. If I make it singular, that puts me in the middle of China. Not a useful mistake if there are lives at risk...
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We have intentionally placed similar sounding words far apart to make small errors very obvious.
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