[OSM-talk] What3words

[Paul Norman]

On 11/22/2015 2:39 AM, Colin Smale wrote:
>
> I have heard a few times recently about what3words, a new novel 
> coordinate/addressing system for the whole world.
>
> Could/should we be doing anything to support/facilitate/implement this 
> system in OSM?
>

No. Other people might talk about the numerous problems how what3words 
doesn't do what it claims to accomplish or flaws in the technical 
implementation, but there's a much simpler reason why it doesn't belong 
on osm.org: It's a closed proprietary system that others can't reuse.