What3words, what it is and why is it useful for freight transport
"Give me three words ..." Valeria Rossi sang twenty years ago, and then she certainly did not think that today only three words can become code geographic localization among the most effective. This is what happens to what3words, a system created in 2013 in London that allows you to send or receive address or position through a three-word code.
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The principle underlying this is the subdivision of the whole earth surface in boxes measuring 3 × 3 meters, each of which is assigned a code consisting of three words: these are words that are clearly composed in a random way, they do not contain names, links or relationship to the area they define, but each combination is unique and unambiguous and identifies this point with an absolute accuracy.
Codes are currently available in 8 different languages (French, Russian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish, Italian and Swahili), but they differ from one language to another, that is, they are not translations of the same terms in different languages, but different words. "Display" with assignment consistency it is computerized with verification by operators to avoid the use of ambiguous, vulgar or offensive terms.
A few examples? If you are looking for our editorial team, you will find us in the area corresponding to the sequence “pay for baskets. cottonIf you are in the square indicated by the words welcomed, jealous, not even you are not less than St. Peter's Square... And to the voice of sun.heart.love, what will be there? Find out for yourself in the App or on the official website.
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How many times has it happened that even the most accurate satellite navigator made you travel up and down the road because the set address was not exactly where it took you? Or what GPS coordinates lead you to a point from which, however, you were unable to locate the object to be searched?
Approximation defects and flawless maps are situations in which the what3words system does not risk, because the principle is not to find an elusive point in spacebut a specific area that remains defined no matter what is on it.
However, the main advantage of the system is ease in passing position, which is simpler than classic strings of numbers. In addition, it has conversion programs that can “transfer»The numeric coordinates of the satellite in the corresponding what3words position code and vice versa.
