[OSM-talk] What3words

[Ian Dees]

Hi everyone,

I think we've long-since strayed from the topic of conversation into
critique of what3words. That's not really the topic of this conversation
let alone the topic of this list, so could we maybe let this thread die?

-Ian

On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:

> On 30/11/15 13:43, Marc Gemis wrote:
> > 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 ?
>
> And of cause why rely on some optical barcode marking when a wireless
> based tag would be better. May need to change the battery every few
> years, but it only need to be in receive mode until a drone is in range
> ... with a button to 'sync' location with base ...
>
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