Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
क्रिस शेल्ड्रिक: पृथ्वी पर हर जगह के लिए एक सटीक तीन शब्दों वाला पता
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.
इसे बदलने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं।
and look at a favela in Brazil
ब्राजील की गरीब बस्ती देखते हो
but a lot of empty space.
खाली जगह देखेंगे।
homes and businesses
and unaddressed spaces.
बिना पते के स्थान में।
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
संख्याएं और अक्षर हैं,
but not finished them.
पर उन्हें पूरा नहीं किया।
these unaddressed places,
इन बिना पते के स्थानों में,
of addressing stuck with me.
business for 10 years,
about the music world
जो आपको नहीं पता है
with the problems of addressing.
समस्याओं से जूझते हैं।
who have to find the gigs
हल्की नाव या टमटम ढूँढना है
who bring the equipment,
to our schedules
किसी को जोड़ना था
when you thought you'd arrived
जब आपको लगा कि तुम पहुँच गए हो
unloaded all the equipment
सभी उपकरणों को उतार दिया
not an hour south of Rome,
में एक घंटे दूरी पर,
called me and said,
but we may have just sound-checked
लेकिन हमने सिर्फ ध्वनि-जांच कर दी होगी
थोड़े समय बाद ही,
with a friend of mine
we could do something about.
हम जिस बारे कुछ कर सकते थे।
we could make a new system,
हम एक नई प्रणाली बना सकते हैं,
नहीं दिखनी चाहिए।
latitude and longitude,
अक्षांश और देशांतर,
into three-meter squares.
के वर्गों में विभाजित किया।
three-meter squares,
57 ट्रिलियन हिस्से बनते हैं,
enough combinations
square in the world uniquely
नाम विशिष्ट रूप से रख सकते हैं
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
के लिए पर्याप्त से अधिक है,
into three-meter squares,
तीन मीटर वर्गों के भागों में,
three-word identifier --
singularly-tutorial.
should be able to use this system
इस प्रणाली का उपयोग करने में सक्षम हों
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
जैसे ज़ोसा, ज़ुलु और हिंदी।
बहुत अधिक कर सकती है
to their gigs on time.
समय पर लाने की बजाए।
that struggle with reliable addressing
विश्वसनीय पते से जूझ रहे हैं
important applications.
अधिक अम्बार है।
three-word address signs
संकेत वितरित किए हैं
when they go into labor,
जब वे प्रसव पीड़ा में होती हैं,
where to pick them up from,
स्थान बता सकतीं हैं,
have often taken hours to find them.
उन्हें खोजने को कई घंटे लगते हैं।
have adopted the system
इस प्रणाली को अपनाया है
to many people's houses
में डाक पहुँचा रहे हैं
to geotag photos in disaster zones
तस्वीरें जियोटैग करने को उपयोग कर रहा है
to exactly the right place.
सहायता प्रदान कर सकें
are using it in the Caribbean,
इसका उपयोग कर रहे हैं,
to find customers' homes,
के लिए सक्षम नहीं हैं,
their pizza to them while its still hot.
गर्म पिज्जा प्राप्त करवाना चाहते हैं
to that exact spot.
उस सटीक स्थान पर ले जाएगी।
has leapfrogged phone lines
मेंढक छलाँग दूरी पर फोन लाइनें हैं
to go straight to mobile payments.
पारंपरिक बैंकों को नजरअंदाज किया है।
of three African countries --
देशों की डाक सेवाओं -
three-word addresses,
to explain where they live, today.
आसान तरीका है कि वे कहाँ रहते हैं।
was an annoying frustration,
their infrastructure growth,
गंभीर रूप से बाधित करती है,
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.
Chris Sheldrick | Speaker | TED.com