This past week, one of our contributors (Dan, from YWAM in Lebanon, Pennsylvania) shared a new approach to mapping that still has me reeling. The idea is so radical, it’s insane. Yet it’s so simple that it’s elegant. To get started understanding the concept, watch the video at…
3 words to address the world from what3words on Vimeo.
Then look up the exact point at ” prestige refurbish readjust ” using the app at…
Just type in those 3 words in the blank. That’s all you need to find the exact location of the base from which we publish Brigada!
In fact, three words are all ANYONE needs to find any address in the world. Isn’t that crazy? So let’s say you’re trying to explain the exact place you camped. You could write out a page of instructions, or you could simply say, “I was baptized at what3words: significant.engravings.publication when I was 14.” Now, anyone who wants to know can look at the exact lake where I was baptized. They just go to what3words.com and paste in those 3 words and — bam — there you are in the exact hole of water. No more long geocoding. No more highway names and street numbers. Imagine. to the exact footprint — instantly, and in 9 languages (so far). (Thanks for the heads-up, Dan!)
Sounds great. But when I decided to mark the place my daughter was baptized, I kept accidentally hitting a red pin or something, that kept taking me back to my home start, or to the place where Doug Lucas was baptized. So how do I find the 3-word of a location I know? I think that’s the fly in the ointment.