Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth
Кріс Шелдрік: Точна адреса з трьох слів для кожного місця на землі
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.
командою намагаємося це змінити.
are trying to change that.
and look at a favela in Brazil
поглянете на фавелу в Бразилії
but a lot of empty space.
багато пустого простору.
на супутниковий режим,
homes and businesses
та офісів
and unaddressed spaces.
непозначеному просторі.
scrawled onto the sides of walls,
цифри та букви,
but not finished them.
але не закінчили їх.
these unaddressed places,
ці непозначені місця,
of addressing stuck with me.
застрягла у мене в голові.
музичному бізнесі,
business for 10 years,
about the music world
про музичний світ,
with the problems of addressing.
з проблемами адресації.
who have to find the gigs
треба знайти концерти,
who bring the equipment,
нашого розкладу людей,
to our schedules
when you thought you'd arrived
що приїхав,
unloaded all the equipment
вантажівки залишив все обладнання
а не на південь від Риму,
not an hour south of Rome,
called me and said,
мені та каже:
but we may have just sound-checked
ми провели саундчек
Римської історії,
with a friend of mine
зробити, щоб вирішити цю проблему.
we could do something about.
we could make a new system,
створити нову систему,
від старої.
latitude and longitude,
into three-meter squares.
площею 3 метри.
three-meter squares,
на 57 трильйонів таких квадратів,
enough combinations
комбінацій
square in the world uniquely
триметровий квадрат по всьому світу,
з трьох слів,
the 57-trillion-odd three-meter squares,
триметрових квадратів,
into three-meter squares,
three-word identifier --
з трьох слів,
singularly-tutorial.
англійською мовою.
should be able to use this system
користуватись цією системою
побудували систему на 14 мовах,
like Xhosa, Zulu and Hindi.
такими як коса, зулу та хінді.
to their gigs on time.
на концерт вчасно.
that struggle with reliable addressing
з точною адресацією,
адреси з трьох слів,
important applications.
three-word address signs
when they go into labor,
у яких починаються пологи,
where to pick them up from,
треба забрати,
have often taken hours to find them.
могли шукати їх протягом декількох годин.
почала користуватись цією системою
have adopted the system
to many people's houses
до багатьох будинків
to geotag photos in disaster zones
до фотографій в зонах катастроф,
to exactly the right place.
саме в потрібному місці.
are using it in the Caribbean,
використовує її на Карибах,
to find customers' homes,
будинки клієнтів,
their pizza to them while its still hot.
доки вона ще гаряча.
to that exact spot.
has leapfrogged phone lines
оминув телефонні лінії
мобільних телефонів,
to go straight to mobile payments.
та перейшов до мобільних платежів.
of three African countries --
трьох африканських країн -
three-word addresses,
to explain where they live, today.
де вони живуть.
was an annoying frustration,
та розчаровувала,
their infrastructure growth,
зростанню їх інфраструктури,
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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