“What 3 Words ” or W3W Can Pinpoint any Spot In Earth With a 3 Letter code !!!!

Pinpoint any spot on Earth with three words

FORGET about postcodes and street numbers. A new mapping system called ‘what3words’ can find any searchable spot on the globe with a three-word code.

The London-based start-up has divided Earth into 57 trillion squares, each of them three square metres large. Every individual square has been assigned a unique three-word code.

With a simple, map-based search, you can pinpoint any location and find its code in a matter of seconds. It sure beats writing down a full address.

For instance, say you were meeting friends at the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney. Traditionally, you would tell people the address: 455 George St, Sydney NSW 2000. A what3words search would yield a simple result: input.fines.bonus. It’s much easier to remember.

“With GPS and smartphones, we have at our fingertips the ability to pinpoint precise locations,” said what3words CEO Chris Sheldrick.

“However, until what3words we haven’t had a simple, memorable universal system to easily describe locations with any degree of precision.”

The system is certainly more precise than conventional mapping. The three word codes apply to spaces just three square metres large, allowing you to direct people to something as specific as a particular tent in your campsite.

If you feel like shelling out a dollar or so, you can even reduce your address to a single word.

We played around with what3words and came up with a few examples:

The Eiffel Tower: ship.vocal.launched