Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
Chris Sheldrick: En exakt adress, bestående av tre ord, för varje plats på jorden
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.
fortfarande utan en adress.
are trying to change that.
försöker ändra på detta.
and look at a favela in Brazil
och ser på en favela i Brasilien,
but a lot of empty space.
homes and businesses
hem och affärer
and unaddressed spaces.
och adresslösa ytorna.
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
bokstäver på väggarna
but not finished them.
men aldrig slutfört det.
these unaddressed places,
dessa oadresserade platser,
blev intresserad av problemet.
of addressing stuck with me.
business for 10 years,
about the music world
om musikvärlden,
with the problems of addressing.
med adresser.
who have to find the gigs
som ska hitta sina spelningar
who bring the equipment,
som ska leverera utrustningen;
to our schedules
trodde sig ha anlänt
when you thought you'd arrived
unloaded all the equipment
lastade av all utrustning
not an hour south of Rome,
istället för söder om Rom,
called me and said,
but we may have just sound-checked
men det kan hända att vi just
with a friend of mine
som vi kunde lösa.
we could do something about.
göra ett nytt system
we could make a new system,
latitude and longitude,
längd- och breddgrader,
into three-meter squares.
i rutor på tre kvadratmeter.
three-meter squares,
rutor på tre kvadratmeter,
många kombinationer
enough combinations
square in the world uniquely
kombinationer av tre ord,
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
ca 57 triljoner rutor på tre kvadratmeter,
into three-meter squares,
i rutor på tre kvadratmeter,
kännetecken på tre ord -
three-word identifier --
singularly-tutorial.
should be able to use this system
kunde använda systemet
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
xhosa, zulu och hindi.
att hinna till sina spelningar.
to their gigs on time.
that struggle with reliable addressing
problem med adresser
important applications.
systemet kunde tillämpas på.
Gateway Health,
three-word address signs
when they go into labor,
när födseln sätter igång,
where to pick them up from,
där de kan avhämtas.
have often taken hours to find them.
för ambulansen att hitta dem.
have adopted the system
Post Service tagit systemet i bruk
to many people's houses
till många människor
to geotag photos in disaster zones
geomärka fotografier från katastrofzoner
to exactly the right place.
till exakta platser.
are using it in the Caribbean,
använder det i Karibien,
to find customers' homes,
hitta kundernas hem,
medan den ännu är varm.
their pizza to them while its still hot.
till den exakta platsen.
to that exact spot.
has leapfrogged phone lines
to go straight to mobile payments.
och i stället tagit i bruk mobilbetalning.
of three African countries --
i tre afrikanska länder -
three-word addresses,
to explain where they live, today.
beskriva var de bor idag.
was an annoying frustration,
adressystemet frustrerande,
their infrastructure growth,
av infrastrukturen,
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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