Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
Крис Шелдрик: Дэлхийн бүх газруудад 3 үгт хаяг
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.
хэрхэн ажиллаж буйгаа
are trying to change that.
Бразилын ядуусын гудамж
and look at a favela in Brazil
арьстнуудын хорооллыг
but a lot of empty space.
маш их хоосон талбай харах болно.
мянга мянган хүн, айл өрх,
homes and businesses
and unaddressed spaces.
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
хаягжуулалтын
but not finished them.
these unaddressed places,
чухал болсон тухай түүх ярья.
of addressing stuck with me.
жил болж байлаа.
business for 10 years,
about the music world
with the problems of addressing.
тулгардаг.
who have to find the gigs
авахуулаад
who bring the equipment,
to our schedules
үедээ
when you thought you'd arrived
өдөр ч байсан.
урагш цагийн газар
unloaded all the equipment
not an hour south of Rome,
буулгачихсан тохиолдол бий.
called me and said,
but we may have just sound-checked
Бид өөр хосын хуриманд
гэсэн юм.
with a friend of mine
we could do something about.
дээр санал нийлсэн.
we could make a new system,
бид хоёул ойлгож байсан.
latitude and longitude,
солбицлууд
into three-meter squares.
3м*3м хэмжээтэй квадратуудад хуваасан.
three-meter squares,
3м*3м хэмжээтэй квадратад хувааж
enough combinations
square in the world uniquely
болохуйц олон үг
байдгийг олж мэдсэн.
давхардуулалгүй нэрлэхэд
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
into three-meter squares,
three-word identifier --
нэрлэн,
singularly-tutorial.
болно.
хэлээр хийгээгүй.
should be able to use this system
үүсгээд байгаа бөгөөд
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
хэлнүүд дээр ажиллаж байна.
тоглолтондоо хоцрохгүй очихоос
to their gigs on time.
авчрах боломжтой.
that struggle with reliable addressing
хаягжуулалтын системгүй байдаг бөгөөд
эхэлсэн цагт
important applications.
нь дамжиггүй юм.
төрийн бус байгууллага
three-word address signs
when they go into labor,
болохоороо
байгаагаа
where to pick them up from,
олох гэж олон цаг төөрөх нь элбэг байж.
have often taken hours to find them.
have adopted the system
үйлчилгээ энэ системийг нэвтрүүлж,
to many people's houses
to geotag photos in disaster zones
зургуудыг хаягаар нь шошголж,
оновчтой хүргэж байна.
to exactly the right place.
are using it in the Caribbean,
3 үгт хаягийг ашиглаж эхлээд байна.
to find customers' homes,
олохгүй төөрч будлих нь их байсан бөгөөд
their pizza to them while its still hot.
хүргэх боломжтой болжээ.
to that exact spot.
өгч чаддаг болно.
has leapfrogged phone lines
банкны үйлчилгээнээс
to go straight to mobile payments.
байна.
of three African countries --
бидний бахархал мөн.
three-word addresses,
to explain where they live, today.
олон өдөр бачимдаж, уурласан.
was an annoying frustration,
ашиггүй байдлыг үүсгэж,
their infrastructure growth,
болдог байсан.
өөрчлөх
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