Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
كريس شيلدريك: عنوان دقيق من ثلاث كلمات لكل مكان على وجه الأرض
Chris Sheldrick is providing a precise and simple way to talk about location, by dividing the world into a grid of three-meter by three-meter squares and assigning each one a unique three-word address. Full bio
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without an address.
are trying to change that.
نحاول أنا وفريقي تغيير ذلك
ونظرت إلى الأحياء العشوائية في البرازيل
and look at a favela in Brazil
but a lot of empty space.
والكثير من المساحات الفارغة.
homes and businesses
والمنازل والمؤسسات التجارية
and unaddressed spaces.
غير موجودة على الخريطة وغير معنونة
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
على حوائط المباني
but not finished them.
these unaddressed places,
هذه الأماكن غير المعنونة،
of addressing stuck with me.
business for 10 years,
about the music world
with the problems of addressing.
من مشكلات تتعلق بالعناوين.
who have to find the gigs
إلى مواقع إقامة الحفلات
who bring the equipment,
to our schedules
when you thought you'd arrived
معتقداً أنه الشخص المقصود
unloaded all the equipment
سائق شاحنة جميع المعدات
not an hour south of Rome,
بدلاً من ساعة جنوبها،
called me and said,
but we may have just sound-checked
ولكن ربما نكون أعددنا الآلات الموسيقية
على حادث روما المحتوم،
with a friend of mine
we could do something about.
we could make a new system,
على نمط النظام القديم.
latitude and longitude,
على خطوط الطول والعرض
into three-meter squares.
three-meter squares,
من 3 أمتار.
enough combinations
square in the world uniquely
3 أمتار في العالم، بشكل فريد،
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
مربع من 3 أمتار
into three-meter squares,
three-word identifier --
فريدًا من 3 كلمات
singularly-tutorial.
should be able to use this system
الناس من استخدام هذا النظام
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
كلغة الزوسا والزولو والهندية.
to their gigs on time.
إلى حفلاتهم في الوقت المحدد.
that struggle with reliable addressing
تعاني مشكلة مع العناوين الموثوقة
important applications.
'غيتواي هيلث'
three-word address signs
when they go into labor,
عند الدخول في المخاض،
where to pick them up from,
يقومو بأخذها من هناك
have often taken hours to find them.
ما تستغرق ساعات لايجادهن.
have adopted the system
البريد الوطنية هذا النظام،
to many people's houses
لكثير من المنازل
to geotag photos in disaster zones
على الصور في مناطق الكوارث
to exactly the right place.
are using it in the Caribbean,
هذا النظام في جزر الكاريبي
to find customers' homes,
منازل زبائنه قبل ذلك
their pizza to them while its still hot.
في توصيل البيتزا للزبائن وهي ساخنة.
to that exact spot.
إلى هذا الموقع بالتحديد.
has leapfrogged phone lines
مرحلة الهواتف الأرضية
to go straight to mobile payments.
إلى استخدام وسائل الدفع المحمولة.
of three African countries --
في ثلاث دول إفريقية
three-word addresses,
تتبع العناوين من 3 كلمات،
to explain where they live, today.
البساطة لوصف محال إقامتهم.
was an annoying frustration,
السيئة مصدر إحباط مزعج،
كبيرة في الأعمال،
their infrastructure growth,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chris Sheldrick - EntrepreneurChris Sheldrick is providing a precise and simple way to talk about location, by dividing the world into a grid of three-meter by three-meter squares and assigning each one a unique three-word address.
Why you should listen
It's a fundamental logistical problem: not everyone, or everywhere, has a traditional address, and GPS coordinates can be tough to use. While working in the music industry, Chris Sheldrick noticed that bands and equipment kept getting lost on the way to gigs, and he took up the mission to create a better addressing system for the world. He worked with a mathematician friend to devise the what3words algorithm that has named every 3-metre square in the world. Started in 2013, the system is being used by eight national postal services, and has a range of integration partners across the world in fields as varied as humanitarian aid, logistics, and in-car navigation.
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