- Here's how it works: what3words' global map divides the world into 57 trillion 9-square-meter areas, and assigns a unique, three-word name to each square. For example, the White House sits at engine.doors.cubs, while the Taj Mahal can be found at according.gloom.broads. (By virtue of their size, places like these actually have more than one set of names associated with them.) Just type in the three words on what3words' site and it shows you where to go. Or vice versa, if you want to learn the words; just pick a spot on the map or enter a street address or latitude and longitude coordinates.
Can't wait to visit https://map.what3words.com/depressed.pizza.party https://map.what3words.com/useless.arts.degree https://map.what3words.com/weird.internet.cult (In California, LOL)
I used to live some hours away from Useless.arts.degree, actually.
https://map.what3words.com/astronomytelescopeawesome
This is awesome! And Swedish adresses are in Swedish which is REALLY cool.
This is interesting! The Middle East definitely lacks an adequate address system which makes my security clearance papers interesting sometimes (so where in Israel did you live? uh... the Judean Hills? idk just pick a hill, close enough). I also went on a wild goose chase in a cab in Jordan trying to find a specific library. The cabbie claimed he knew where he was going by which he was pretty sure he could flag down randos that would tell him which way to go (they couldn't help him so we bailed in the middle of nowhere and cabbed back to the bus station).
My dad's home town didn't gain full street names until the early '80s. The rich parts of town had street names, of course, because that's where paychecks went. But the poorer, dirt-road part of town was always "turn at the Y-tree then three houses then it's the one with the black roof." If you lived in that part of town and needed mail, you got a post office box. If you were attending community college and needed your grades mailed, you largely frustrated teachers like my mother.