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gmoore
411 days ago
maybe the 'three words' model? Seems like it would be specific enough to locate a bench
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Liquid_Fire
411 days ago
That's essentially equivalent to coordinates since you still need to translate it to some human-understandable form, so it doesn't solve the problem.
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cjs_ac
411 days ago
WhatThreeWords is a proprietary algorithm and has problems with homophones.
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voidUpdate
411 days ago
I thought W3W was specifically designed to mitigate homophone problems, it seems pointless otherwise...
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1970-01-01
411 days ago
Yeah, that would absolutely work, but it's not free and donations may or may not cover their costs:
https://accounts.what3words.com/select-plan
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