What I meant was how do you stand in a particular spot and find out the "word"
address? Or the address for the hut by the creek? If the addresses are defined
by geographic squares then that means lat & long (or eastings and northings
etc.) How else would you find the lat & long but with a GPS? (Is there a
"sextants for dummies" book?)
> CC:
> From:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] What3words
> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:58:40 +1000
> To:
>
> Perplexed,
>
> A GPS would be of no use with What3words. What you need is a smart phone or
> computer.
>
> I suggest you read this info http://what3words.com/about/ and all will
> become clear, well, at least it did for me.
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
>
> > On 23 Sep 2015, at 9:27 PM, Maris Lauva <> wrote:
> >
> > What I can't figure is how you can find out your, or any other address
> > without access to a GPS. And if you know an "word3" address how can you
> > find it without a GPS. And if you have a GPS, why bother?
> >
> > Perplexed
> >
> >> From:
> >> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 20:17:51 +1000
> >> To:
> >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] What3words
> >> CC:
> >>
> >> Martin,
> >> Well actually think.pretty.common is not in a less developoed country, its
> >> in Arkansas, USA :-p
> >> https://map.what3words.com/think.pretty.common
> >> <https://map.what3words.com/think.pretty.common>
> >>
> >> Neat App though. Would be very useful in Japan too.
> >>
> >> Chris Charles
> >> +61412911184
> >>
> >> Licole Monopods
> >> http://www.licole.com.au <http://www.licole.com.au/>
> >>> On 23 Sep 2015, at 6:34 pm, Martin Butterfield <>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The postal systems will probably continue as they have developed. What
> >>> follows is I think pretty common in less developed countries.
> >>>
> >>> ...
> >>>
> >>> Martin
> >>
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