Neil,
It was designed to provide an address system for people in countries which do
not have one, mainly in third world countries. I suggest you read the
information on their web site, especially the "about" page
http://what3words.com/about/
All will become clear then.
Carl Clifford
> On 24 Sep 2015, at 11:43 AM, Neil Cheshire <> wrote:
>
> Greetings
>
> What is the point of converting the time honoured Latitude and Longitude into
> 57 trillion meaningless three word phrases?
>
> Considering Latitude, Degrees, Minutes and decimals of a minute, the third
> decimal of a minute fixes the North/South location to 1.8 metres.
>
> Considering Longitude, the third decimal of a minute fixes the East/West
> location to 1.8 metres at the equator reducing to zero metres at the poles.
>
> These are readily available on a GPS receiver. Why bother with the other
> nonsense?
>
> Neil Cheshire
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