Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
Крис Шелдрик (Chris Sheldrick): Прецизна адреса од три речи за свако место на Земљи
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.
и ја покушавамо то да променимо.
and look at a favela in Brazil
и погледате у фавелу у Бразилу
but a lot of empty space.
али пуно празног простора.
на сателитски приказ,
homes and businesses
и пословних објеката
and unaddressed spaces.
простору без адреса.
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
нашкрабани на зидовима,
but not finished them.
али их нису спровели до краја.
these unaddressed places,
of addressing stuck with me.
одређивања адреса заинтересовало.
business for 10 years,
about the music world
with the problems of addressing.
људи муче са адресама.
who have to find the gigs
да пронађу место одржавања свирке
who bring the equipment,
које доносе опрему,
to our schedules
when you thought you'd arrived
када смо мислили да смо стигли,
unloaded all the equipment
када је возач камиона истоварио опрему
уместо на сат јужно од Рима,
not an hour south of Rome,
called me and said,
but we may have just sound-checked
смо управо имали тонску пробу
with a friend of mine
који је математичар
поводом ког можемо да учинимо нешто.
we could do something about.
we could make a new system,
да направимо нови систем,
latitude and longitude,
географска ширина и дужина,
into three-meter squares.
са страницама дужине три метра.
three-meter squares,
квадрата са страницама дужине три метра
enough combinations
довољно комбинација
square in the world uniquely
на свету да јединствено име
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
квадрата са страницама дужине три метра
into three-meter squares,
са страницама дужине три метра,
three-word identifier --
идентификацију од три речи -
singularly-tutorial.
„уштинут.појединачно.приручник“.
should be able to use this system
да људи могу да користе овај систем
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
као што су коса, зулу и хинди.
to their gigs on time.
на свирке на време.
that struggle with reliable addressing
које имају проблеме са поузданим адресама
important applications.
three-word address signs
са адресама од три речи
when they go into labor,
where to pick them up from,
have often taken hours to find them.
потребни сати да их пронађу.
have adopted the system
усвојила овај систем
to many people's houses
на многе кућне адресе
to geotag photos in disaster zones
у подручјима погођеним катастрофама
to exactly the right place.
помоћ на тачно место.
are using it in the Caribbean,
користе на Карибима
to find customers' homes,
да пронађу куће клијената,
док је још увек врела.
their pizza to them while its still hot.
to that exact spot.
has leapfrogged phone lines
је прескочио кућне телефоне
to go straight to mobile payments.
преко мобилних телефона.
of three African countries --
су поштанске услуге три афричке државе -
three-word addresses,
to explain where they live, today.
да објасне где живе.
was an annoying frustration,
била иритирајућа фрустрација,
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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