Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
Chris Sheldrick: Přesná, tříslovná adresa pro každé místo na zemi
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.
and look at a favela in Brazil
a podíváte se na slum v Brazílii
but a lot of empty space.
ale mnoho prázdného prostoru.
na satelitní pohled,
homes and businesses
and unaddressed spaces.
bez adres.
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
but not finished them.
ale nedokončili jej.
these unaddressed places,
of addressing stuck with me.
problém s adresami zajímá.
v hudebním průmyslu,
business for 10 years,
about the music world
with the problems of addressing.
who have to find the gigs
kteří potřebují najít místa vystoupení,
who bring the equipment,
to our schedules
when you thought you'd arrived
unloaded all the equipment
vyložil vybavení
not an hour south of Rome,
ne hodinu jižně od Říma,
called me and said,
but we may have just sound-checked
zvukovou zkoušku na svatbě,
with a friend of mine
we could do something about.
se kterým dokážeme něco udělat.
we could make a new system,
můžeme vytvořit nový systém,
latitude and longitude,
into three-meter squares.
na čtverce o straně tří metrů.
three-meter squares,
57 biliónů třímetrových čtverců.
enough combinations
square in the world uniquely
na světě pojmenovali unikátně,
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
57 biliónů třímetrových čtverců,
do třímetrových čtverců,
into three-meter squares,
tříslovný identifikátor -
three-word identifier --
singularly-tutorial.
should be able to use this system
ve svém vlastním jazyce.
přeložili do 14 jazyků,
svahilštiny a arabštiny,
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
jako xhoština, zulu a hindština.
to their gigs on time.
hudebníky na jejich vystoupení.
that struggle with reliable addressing
které zápasí s nespolehlivým adresováním,
important applications.
three-word address signs
s tříslovnými adresami
when they go into labor,
ve chvíli kdy začnou rodit,
where to pick them up from,
kde je vyzvednout,
have often taken hours to find them.
hodiny než je najdou.
have adopted the system
přijala Národní pošta
to many people's houses
to geotag photos in disaster zones
v místech neštěstí,
to exactly the right place.
přesně tam, kde je potřeba.
are using it in the Caribbean,
Domino's Pizza v Karibiku,
to find customers' homes,
domy zákazníků,
their pizza to them while its still hot.
dokud je stále teplá.
to that exact spot.
has leapfrogged phone lines
to go straight to mobile payments.
rovnou přešli k mobilním platbám.
of three African countries --
tří afrických zemí -
three-word addresses,
to explain where they live, today.
popisování, kde žijí.
was an annoying frustration,
pouze nepříjemnou frustrací,
their infrastructure growth,
růstu jejich infrastruktury
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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