Taking Google maps and GPS pin-pointing to a whole new level! A location tracker that marks the world into 3 metre by 3 metre squares using 3 unique words. What3words.com https://what3words.com/about-us/
OSHAWA FIRE SERVICES is the 1st fire services in Canada to utilize this technology for quick and accurate dispatch. The app is a free download, and especially good in places where there is no simple street address!
https://www.oshawa.ca/Modules/News/index.aspx?newsId=7c159c15-a19c-47e2-83d3-824826b8b5e8&lang=en
FYI here's the story how what3words started: "Chris Sheldrick used to work in the music industry, organising live events around the world. He quickly discovered that in the music world, people struggle with poor addressing every day. Getting lost trying to find events was pretty common.
He had some pretty bad days, like in Italy, when a driver unloaded all the equipment an hour north of Rome, instead of an hour south of Rome. And a slightly worse day, when a keyboard player called him and said, ‘Chris, don’t panic, but we may have just sound-checked at the wrong wedding’
After experiencing several similarly frustrating situations, he realised that addressing around the world just wasn’t good enough. To get people and equipment to the right places – and on time – he tried sharing GPS coordinates instead. But asking people to meet at the likes of 40.7127753, -74.0059728 was just too unreliable. Entering 16 numbers into a device, or even sharing them over a phone call, can pretty easily go wrong.
After experiencing a few too many navigation nightmares, Chris sat with his mathematician school friend, Mohan Ganesalingam, to find a way to describe location that would be as precise as GPS coordinates, but more concise and easier for people to use. Before long, Mohan created the first 3 word address algorithm on the back of an envelope. Chris and Mohan then connected with Jack Waley-Cohen, also a school friend, with a background in translation – and what3words was born. It’s been five years since Chris, Mohan and Jack co-founded what3words. Today millions of people across the world are using 3 word addresses to find, share and describe places faster and more easily – from festival-goers and travellers to delivery drivers, event organisers and postal services."
OSHAWA FIRE SERVICES is the 1st fire services in Canada to utilize this technology for quick and accurate dispatch. The app is a free download, and especially good in places where there is no simple street address!
https://www.oshawa.ca/Modules/News/index.aspx?newsId=7c159c15-a19c-47e2-83d3-824826b8b5e8&lang=en
FYI here's the story how what3words started: "Chris Sheldrick used to work in the music industry, organising live events around the world. He quickly discovered that in the music world, people struggle with poor addressing every day. Getting lost trying to find events was pretty common.
He had some pretty bad days, like in Italy, when a driver unloaded all the equipment an hour north of Rome, instead of an hour south of Rome. And a slightly worse day, when a keyboard player called him and said, ‘Chris, don’t panic, but we may have just sound-checked at the wrong wedding’
After experiencing several similarly frustrating situations, he realised that addressing around the world just wasn’t good enough. To get people and equipment to the right places – and on time – he tried sharing GPS coordinates instead. But asking people to meet at the likes of 40.7127753, -74.0059728 was just too unreliable. Entering 16 numbers into a device, or even sharing them over a phone call, can pretty easily go wrong.
After experiencing a few too many navigation nightmares, Chris sat with his mathematician school friend, Mohan Ganesalingam, to find a way to describe location that would be as precise as GPS coordinates, but more concise and easier for people to use. Before long, Mohan created the first 3 word address algorithm on the back of an envelope. Chris and Mohan then connected with Jack Waley-Cohen, also a school friend, with a background in translation – and what3words was born. It’s been five years since Chris, Mohan and Jack co-founded what3words. Today millions of people across the world are using 3 word addresses to find, share and describe places faster and more easily – from festival-goers and travellers to delivery drivers, event organisers and postal services."
