Two things that I ask someone to explain: 1. How does the 3-word position-designation work? Aside from the names of the positions, what is the co-ordinate system? Latitude & longitude? How are the 3 words chosen for each of the 3 meter by 3-meter locations?
2. What's wrong with latitude & longitude? ...or, if preferred, some widely-used plane-coordinate system? Michael Ossipoff On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Ian Maddocks <ian_maddo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Doug > > If you haven't been concentrating I added the W3W address to my signature > a few months back. > Given the 3 m resolution you actually get a few choices of what address to > pick for any given plot of land. frog.happy.froze is actually more my > living room than front door. I wandered the cursor around till I found > the most memorable three words > > At the moment if you want to navigate by W3W the NavMii free mobile sat > nav app (using OpenStreetMap data) understands the addresses. > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navfree.android.OSM.ALL > in the descriptions says "*Local Place search (powered by TripAdvisor, > Foursquare and What3Words)"* > > The other site that uses them is www.streetmap.co.uk. For those of us > dial recorders who want to have a location converted to multiple formats as > easily as possible the "Click here to convert coordinates" under the maps > is invaluable, and includes the W3W reference on the last line see > http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idgc.srf?x=538955&y=177217 for example > > Ian > > Ian Maddocks > Chester, UK > 53°11'50"N 2°52'41"W > frog.happy.froze > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* sundial <sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de> on behalf of Douglas > Bateman <douglas.bate...@btinternet.com> > *Sent:* 16 October 2016 15:58 > *To:* Sundial list > *Subject:* Re: Precise locations > > I have been told of another method called what3words.com > > Designed in 2013 and developed since then, it uses a grid of the world > made up of 57 trillion squares of 3 metres by 3 metres. Each square has > been given a 3-word address. what3words has named the 17 trillion squares > on land with 3 words in 10 other languages in addition to English. Of > potential value to less developed countries. My contact says: "A very > good idea I think as it is easier than numbers and covers the whole globe > (dependent of course on the w3w database continuing to exist, which let's > hope it does) to give e.g. addresses in African shanty towns or remote > villages in India as well as where there are postcodes." > > An intriguing system, based on the fact that three words, however > unrelated, are rather more memorable than a latitude/longitude. Typing > Greenwich Observatory comes up with oval.blast.improving. My house has a > similar unique set of words. > > Well worth a look. > > Doug > > On 16 Oct 2016, at 11:39, Martina Addiscott <martina.addisc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > In message <d339e370-5a25-4d9e-8d99-637604f93...@btinternet.com> > Douglas Bateman <douglas.bate...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Sundiallers like to give precise locations for dials, but (a little > off-list) I have a bottle of Campo Viejo Rioja 2014 wine in front of me > which gives at the top of the label N 42º 28’ 48†W 02º 29’ 08†. > Although in a small font it is clearly printed above the brand name. > > Google Earth shows a large vineyard, and indeed the brand, at this > location. > > This is a new one on me, and I wonder how many products are giving their > source location in geographical coordinates. > > Open for discussion! > > Doug > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > > As far as physical 'products' are concerned, these days they would > probably have a "QRcode" - you know, one of those small square blocks > which just seem to contain a 'jumble' of black and white pixels. > > Those are mainly used to direct people straight to a website, but > they can contain a lot more information (if you needed to do so). > > > If you want to include an actual geographical location, then one of > the best ways is to use a "NAC code" - which stands for 'Natural Area > Coding' also known as Universal Map Coding, or a Universal Address). > > It is usually included as a 'meta', within any website design coding. > > > For sundial-related subjects, the only people I know that use these > methods are "Modern Sunclocks" - and (if anyone is interested), I > have 'attached' the QRcode they use to drive people to their website. > > Within the 'meta' code of that website they also display a NAC code, > so that any people can find-out their exact Latitude and Longitude. > > > Sincerely, > > Martina Addiscott > > > > -- > > <QRcode.jpg>--------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > >
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