Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
کریس شلدریک: یک آدرس دقیق سه کلمهای برای هر جایی روی کره زمین
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.
بدون آدرس زندگی میکنند.
are trying to change that.
من و گروهم برای تغییر آن در تلاش هستیم.
and look at a favela in Brazil
و به زاغههای برزیل یا شهری کوچک
but a lot of empty space.
homes and businesses
and unaddressed spaces.
که هیچ نقشه و آدرسی ندارند وجود دارد.
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
آزمایش کردند،
but not finished them.
اما کار ناتمام مانده.
these unaddressed places,
of addressing stuck with me.
مرا درگیر کرد این است.
business for 10 years,
در صنعت موسیقی کار میکردم،
about the music world
درباره دنیای موسیقی ندانید
with the problems of addressing.
مردم با مشکل آدرس دست و پنجه نرم میکنند.
who have to find the gigs
جای جشنوارهها را پیدا کنند گرفته
who bring the equipment,
که تجهیزات را میمیاورند،
to our schedules
به برنامهمان اضافه میکردیم
when you thought you'd arrived
unloaded all the equipment
not an hour south of Rome,
یک ساعت شمال رم خالی کرده بود،
called me and said,
but we may have just sound-checked
with a friend of mine
we could do something about.
درباره این مسئله کاری کنیم.
we could make a new system,
میتوانیم سیستم جدیدی درست کنیم،
latitude and longitude,
into three-meter squares.
به مربعهای سه متری تقسیم کردیم.
three-meter squares,
enough combinations
square in the world uniquely
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
برای ۵۷ تریلیون مربع سه متری است،
into three-meter squares,
three-word identifier --
سه کلمهای اختصاص دادیم --
singularly-tutorial.
should be able to use this system
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
مثل خوسایی، زولو و هندی هستیم.
to their gigs on time.
نوازندگان من به اجرا بر میآید.
that struggle with reliable addressing
که با معضل آدرس قابل اطمینان مواجه هستند
important applications.
three-word address signs
when they go into labor,
دچار درد زایمان میشوند،
where to pick them up from,
دقیقاً کجا آنها را سوار کنند،
have often taken hours to find them.
طول میکشد تا آمبولانس آنها را پیدا کند.
have adopted the system
سرویس پست ملی سیستم را بهبود داده
to many people's houses
to geotag photos in disaster zones
به مناطق وقوع فاجعه استفاده میکنند
to exactly the right place.
به جای دقیقاً درستی برسانند.
are using it in the Caribbean,
در کارائیب از آن استفاده میکند،
to find customers' homes,
خانه مشتریانشان را پیدا کنند،
their pizza to them while its still hot.
پیتزای آنها را داغ تحویل دهند.
to that exact spot.
دقیقاً به آن نقطه هدایت خواهد کرد.
has leapfrogged phone lines
to go straight to mobile payments.
سیستم بانکداری سنتی را کلاً کنار گذاشتند.
of three African countries --
که سرویس پست سه کشور آفریقایی --
three-word addresses,
آدرس سه کلمهای روی آوردهاند،
to explain where they live, today.
محل زندگیشان دارند.
was an annoying frustration,
خسته کننده و ناامید کننده بود،
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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