Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
کریس شلډرک: د نړۍ په هر کونج کې د ادرس لپاره یو دقیق درې لغوي لغت
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.
زما ټیم هڅه کوي چې
and look at a favela in Brazil
نقشې ته لاړ شئ او هلته
but a lot of empty space.
فاصلې او څو کوڅې وګورئ
homes and businesses
and unaddressed spaces.
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
but not finished them.
خو لا تر اوسه بشپړ نه دي.
these unaddressed places,
ځایونه دي،
of addressing stuck with me.
business for 10 years,
about the music world
معلومات ونه لرئ
with the problems of addressing.
سره مخ دي.
who have to find the gigs
who bring the equipment,
to our schedules
when you thought you'd arrived
unloaded all the equipment
ساعت کې د روم شمال خواته
not an hour south of Rome,
called me and said,
وهي او وایي،
but we may have just sound-checked
with a friend of mine
شریکه کړه،
we could do something about.
او دې باره کې باید یوڅه وکړو.
we could make a new system,
سیستم رامنځته کړو.
چې دقیق وي
latitude and longitude,
into three-meter squares.
three-meter squares,
مربع باندې وویشل شوه،
enough combinations
چې رایوځای کولای شو
square in the world uniquely
لپاره یو نوی
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
into three-meter squares,
three-word identifier --
پیژند ورکړ،
singularly-tutorial.
should be able to use this system
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
to their gigs on time.
راورسیږي.
that struggle with reliable addressing
لپاره هڅه وکړي،
واخلي
important applications.
ده
three-word address signs
when they go into labor,
where to pick them up from,
have often taken hours to find them.
ځای نه شو پیدا کولی.
have adopted the system
سیستم غوره کړی
to many people's houses
to geotag photos in disaster zones
هم استعمالوي
to exactly the right place.
ورسوي.
are using it in the Caribbean,
استعمالوي،
to find customers' homes,
نه شول پیدا کولې.
their pizza to them while its still hot.
د خلکو کورونو ته ورسوي
to that exact spot.
has leapfrogged phone lines
to go straight to mobile payments.
تر سره کوي.
of three African countries --
پوسته رسونکي خدمتونه
three-word addresses,
to explain where they live, today.
چیرته اوسیږي.
was an annoying frustration,
زړه خوړونکی وو.
their infrastructure growth,
مخه نیوله،
ژباړه: طارق نجیب
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