How does this compare to http://www.mapcode.com/ and http://what3words.com/ ?
And how does one achieve the sort of critical mass where the average person on the street knows their own home location?
And how does one achieve the sort of critical mass where the average person on the street knows their own home location?
If I'd heard my office name over the phone using the ubicate system I might instead head for http://ubicate.me/TACEGE-CARAVAN ... which looks to be about 30 miles off the coast of Holland, not on the York ring road :-)
So I get the idea, but this algorithm produces awful names.
what3words noticed that you needs less than 1800 words to assign a combination of 3 words to every square meter on earth, so those words can be chosen to be different from each other, unambiguous, common etc. Still ENGLISH and not very international, but it's a much better idea.
This whole idea seems like a variation on "the world would be better if only it was run by computer logic" (where better = more orderly and machine readable). For whatever reason, other considerations (cultural affinity, convenience in a daily context, etc.) seem to be more important to most people.