I recently discovered the existence of what3words, a system that allows you to identify any place on the planet (with precision of 3m x 3m) using just three vocabulary words. Each triad of words is unique and the system is available in several languages, including Italian. It should be useful for remembering and sharing addresses and locations quickly and naturally without having to resort to numeric GPS coordinates.

The assignment of words is apparently random, so it is possible that three words could also allude to a meaning, and since they are still linked to a place, every now and then the combination that comes up is funny.

I’ll start with some of the ones I found, you’ll surely know how to do better:

///sudare.dalle.ascelle It’s in the middle of Australia
in Canada ///tutte.vogliono.darla

in Belarus ///preparano.ottimo.formaggio

while in Australia they always have one ///cucina.locale.scarsa

It’s interesting how many vulgar words are obviously censored, but a little creativity doesn’t prevent addresses anyway politically incorrect or double meanings that derive from expressed coordinates in other languages.

I trust your contributions to find the best of the worst this system has to offer

https://old.reddit.com/r/italy/comments/1cqvu3z/conoscete_o_usate_il_sistema_di_coordinate_gps/

Posted by giacomo1574

10 Comments

  1. >un sistema che permette di identificare qualsiasi luogo sul pianeta […] usando solo tre parole del vocabolario. […] L’assegnazione delle parole è apparentemente random

    E a cosa serve se devi per forza consultare il loro sito, e non c’è nessun significato dietro alla mappa coordinate-parole? Dico, oltre a generare terne di parole buffe. Se devi ricordare e basta, tanto vale ricordare un normalissimo indirizzo.

  2. Lo svantaggio di quel sistema è che non ti dice nulla della posizione relativa di due punti.

    Con le coordinate sensate, numeri vicini vuol dire punti vicini.

    “Cane parafulmine berretta” confrontato con “candelabro proboscide ostia” non ti dice assolutamente nulla.