What3words - The Unusual Business of Inventing Three-Word Addresses
- Podcast Episode
- 2020
- 27m
As a tour manager, Chris Sheldrick was tired of everyone getting lost. Standard street addresses weren't ever precise enough, and GPS co-ordinates often got misheard. So, Chris and his co-fo... Read allAs a tour manager, Chris Sheldrick was tired of everyone getting lost. Standard street addresses weren't ever precise enough, and GPS co-ordinates often got misheard. So, Chris and his co-founders invented a new global address system, what3words. Seven years on and what3words is ... Read allAs a tour manager, Chris Sheldrick was tired of everyone getting lost. Standard street addresses weren't ever precise enough, and GPS co-ordinates often got misheard. So, Chris and his co-founders invented a new global address system, what3words. Seven years on and what3words is being used across the world for all sorts of things, from helping the emergency services f... Read all