Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
Kriss Šeldriks: Precīza, trīsvārdu adrese ikvienai vietai uz zemes
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.
joprojām dzīvo bez adreses.
are trying to change that.
un es mēģinām to mainīt.
and look at a favela in Brazil
uz kādu Brazīlijas favelu
pilsētas daļu Dienvidāfrikā,
but a lot of empty space.
un daudz tukšu laukumu.
homes and businesses
ir tūkstošiem cilvēku, māju, uzņēmumu
and unaddressed spaces.
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
but not finished them.
adrešu sistēmu projekti.
these unaddressed places,
of addressing stuck with me.
man nedeva mieru.
business for 10 years,
mūzikas biznesā,
about the music world
ka mūzikas pasaulē
with the problems of addressing.
ar adrešu problēmām.
who have to find the gigs
kam jāatrod koncerta vieta,
who bring the equipment,
to our schedules
pat vajadzēja pievienot kādu,
when you thought you'd arrived
kad cilvēks, viņaprāt, bija ieradies,
unloaded all the equipment
visu aparatūru izkrāva
nevis uz dienvidiem,
not an hour south of Rome,
zvanīja un teica:
called me and said,
but we may have just sound-checked
pārbaudīt skaņu nepareizajās kāzās."
with a friend of mine
we could do something about.
ka ar šo problēmu varētu kaut ko darīt.
we could make a new system,
izveidot jaunu sistēmu,
citādi nekā vecajai.
ka adreses ir sliktas.
ģeogrāfiskais platums un garums
latitude and longitude,
into three-meter squares.
trīsmetrīgos kvadrātos.
three-meter squares,
trīsmetrīgu kvadrātu,
enough combinations
veido pietiekami daudz kombināciju,
square in the world uniquely
kvadrātam pasaulē
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
ap 57 triljoniem trīsmetrīgu kvadrātu,
into three-meter squares,
three-word identifier --
trīsvārdu identifikatoru,
sinepes-kuponi-kalendārmeitene
singularly-tutorial.
ne tikai angliski.
should be able to use this system
lai cilvēki varētu šo sistēmu izmantot
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
piemēram, ķhosu, zulu un indiešu.
to their gigs on time.
manus mūziķus uz koncertiem.
that struggle with reliable addressing
ar adrešu uzticamību,
important applications.
daudz svarīgāku pielietojumu.
three-word address signs
zīmju ar trīsvārdu adresēm.
when they go into labor,
where to pick them up from,
have often taken hours to find them.
bieži vien meklē stundām ilgi.
have adopted the system
nacionālais pasts,
to many people's houses
pirmoreiz veic piegādi mājās.
to geotag photos in disaster zones
nelaimes piemeklētos apgabalos,
to exactly the right place.
precīzi īstajā vietā.
are using it in the Caribbean,
to izmanto pat Domino's Pizza,
to find customers' homes,
atrast klientu mājas,
their pizza to them while its still hot.
piegādāt vēl karstas.
to that exact spot.
precīzi uz nosaukto vietu.
has leapfrogged phone lines
kas pārlēcis telefonlīnijām
to go straight to mobile payments.
pievērstos mobilajiem maksājumiem.
of three African countries --
ka pasts trijās Āfrikas valstīs –
three-word addresses,
to explain where they live, today.
kur viņi dzīvo.
was an annoying frustration,
bija kaitinoša frustrācija,
uzņēmējdarbības neefektivitāti,
their infrastructure growth,
infrastruktūras attīstību
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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