[OSM-talk] What3words

[Marc Gemis]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Colin Smale <colin.smale at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> In my example the party that needs to do the translation from w3w to lat/lon
> would be Amazon, and they will probably be paying w3w for a licence to do
> that.

Wouldn't it be more likely that Amazon would invent their own system
where customers get a mat with some sensors or build-in GPS tracker
(so I can move and take the mat with me) that can be used by the drone
? Why would they rely on a (broken) third-party solution ?