Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
คริส เชลดริก (Chris Sheldrick): เพียงสามคำที่จะระบุทุกตำแหน่งบนโลก
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.
ชื่อที่อยู่
are trying to change that.
and look at a favela in Brazil
หาชุมชมแออัดในบราซิล
but a lot of empty space.
แต่มีพื้นที่ว่างเปล่าเยอะมาก
homes and businesses
and unaddressed spaces.
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
but not finished them.
ที่ยังไม่เสร็จดีนัก
these unaddressed places,
of addressing stuck with me.
สลักในใจผม
business for 10 years,
about the music world
with the problems of addressing.
who have to find the gigs
ที่จะไปขึ้นแสดง
who bring the equipment,
to our schedules
when you thought you'd arrived
unloaded all the equipment
not an hour south of Rome,
called me and said,
but we may have just sound-checked
with a friend of mine
we could do something about.
we could make a new system,
latitude and longitude,
into three-meter squares.
three-meter squares,
enough combinations
square in the world uniquely
บนโลกนี้ได้
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
into three-meter squares,
three-word identifier --
singularly-tutorial.
should be able to use this system
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
to their gigs on time.
that struggle with reliable addressing
important applications.
three-word address signs
when they go into labor,
where to pick them up from,
have often taken hours to find them.
have adopted the system
to many people's houses
to geotag photos in disaster zones
พื้นที่เกิดภัยพิบัติ
to exactly the right place.
ในจุดที่ถูกต้อง
are using it in the Caribbean,
to find customers' homes,
their pizza to them while its still hot.
to that exact spot.
has leapfrogged phone lines
to go straight to mobile payments.
of three African countries --
ในแอฟริกา
three-word addresses,
to explain where they live, today.
โดยง่าย ๆ ในทุกวันนี้
was an annoying frustration,
ก็แค่ทำให้ผมหงุดหงิด
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.
Chris Sheldrick | Speaker | TED.com