Love this thread.
Seems there are parallels with the thinking of @what3wordshttps://twitter.com/marcxsmith/status/1358810728619212807 …
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Replying to @schofeld @what3words
No, postcodes are well designed to be public, memorable and structured, whereas what3words are proprietary, opaque and fragile. An NGR or plus code is better
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Replying to @kevinmarks @what3words
Points well made. I was just riffing on the memorability aspect. Are What3Words not that, at least?
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Replying to @schofeld @what3words
Empirically, no. What's yours? The fragility is a problem too. TS7 0 will get close to me even if I mix up the last 2 letters, and the postie will spot the street anomaly. Misremember a w3w word and you're on the other side of the world
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Placing similar words far apart is a design feature that allows errors to be spotted and corrected easily. You can read more here:https://support.what3words.com/en/articles/2212828-what-if-i-spell-or-say-a-word-incorrectly-or-get-the-words-in-the-wrong-order …
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A short thread about UK postcodes