Dots conference, Friday 4th September 2015, Brighton.

1. ADDRESSING THE WORLD IN 3 WORDS

2. THE WORLD IS POORLY ADDRESSED
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3. 75% OF THE WORLD HAS INADEQUATE,
POOR OR NO ADDRESSING SYSTEMS
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4. 4 BILLION PEOPLE DON’T HAVE AN ADDRESS
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10. POOR ADDRESSING IS EXPENSIVE AND FRUSTRATING
IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD…

11. …AND COSTS LIVES & LIMITS GROWTH
IN DEVELOPING ONES
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13. “FOR COURIERS, THE ’LAST MILE’ IS OFTEN THE LEAST EFFICIENT LINK IN
THE SUPPLY CHAIN, COMPRISING UP TO 28%
OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE DELIVERY.”
SUPPLY CHAIN DIGITAL.COM
PARCEL2GO.COM, 2013
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14. “THE ADDRESS DATA IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
AND INTERESTING THING TO WORK ON [RIGHT NOW].”
”FOR THE LOVE OF OPEN MAPPING DATA”
STEVE COAST (FOUNDER OF OPENSTREETMAP), TECHCRUNCH, 2014
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16. COMMUNICATING A SIMPLE LOCATION
FOR EVERYONE EVERYWHERE STILL A CHALLENGE
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17. 25° 9’ 40.918” S
18° 59’ 2.824” E
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18. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATE PAIRS ARE GREAT FOR MACHINES
BUT INEFFECTIVE FOR PEOPLE UNLESS PROFESSIONALS.
ERRORS IN UNDERSTANDING, TRANSCRIPTION AND COMMUNICATION OF
LAT/LONG MAKE THEIR WIDESPREAD USE PROHIBITIVE.
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19. WHAT3WORDS IS A GLOBAL LOCATION REFERENCE SYSTEM
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20. WHAT3WORDS IS A GLOBAL LOCATION REFERENCE SYSTEM
WITH AN ACCURACY OF 3 METRES, AND WORKS AROUND
THE SIMPLICITY OF 3 WORDS, WITH NO NUMBERS.
IT IS ALGORITHMICALLY GENERATED SO REQUIRES NO DATABASE,
CAN WORK WITH OR WITHOUT A DATA CONNECTION,
AND IS OPTIMISED FOR VOICE INPUT AS WELL AS TEXT.
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21. WORDS ARE BEST FOR COMMUNICATION
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22. WORDS WORK EVERYWHERE
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23. WORDS MEAN YOU CAN SPOT ERRORS
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24. ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION
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WORDS ENABLE INTELLIGENT DISTRIBUTION

26. WORDS EMPOWER PEOPLE
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27. A COMMON COMMUNICATION LANGUAGE
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28. ADVANTAGES OF USING WHAT3WORDS

29. HOW TO FIND A 3 WORD ADDRESS
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1. Type in your postcode, street
address or business name.!
3. Switch to satellite view
and unlock pin.!
4. Move pin to actual location, !
the 3 word address is displayed !
on the red bar.!
2. View the map and zoom in
to grid level.!

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ON THE WEB AND ON MOBILE
w3w.co/map w3w.co/ios w3w.co/android

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TAARIFA & THE WORLD BANK IN TANZANIA

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long.empire.raft
3 word address

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