Getting ready to head to Salt Lake City for a conference,... | Alan McConchie

Alan's posts Post Back to profile

Getting ready to head to Salt Lake City for a conference, checking What3Words before I go so I don't get lost:

https://what3words.com/salt.lake.city

#w3w #what3words #SaltLakeCity #maps #cartography #gis #SOTMUS #SOTM #SOTMUS2024 #OpenStreetMap #geospatial

A screenshot from the search menu on the website "what3words.com". I typed in the search query "salt.lake.city" and there are three results (all misleading):

* salt.lake.city near East Saint Louis, Illinois
* salts.lake.city near Carnarvon, Western Australia
* salt.lakes.city near Brunswick, Ohio

Like 4 June at 16:53 | Open on subdued.social

11 comments

@alan Just to drive home the point, this is always worth a repost:
https://cybergibbons.com/security-2/why-what3words-is-not-suitable-for-safety-critical-applications/

4 June at 17:44 | Open on en.osm.town

@alan jfc this product still exists?

4 June at 18:52 | Open on hachyderm.io

Michal Migurski 🍉

@sara @alan That they allow plurals and homophones is repulsive to me

4 June at 19:13 | Open on mastodon.social

TheSteve0

@migurski @sara @alan
Thanks for giving more proof for why I always thought What3Words was unnecessary and actually detrimental.

4 June at 19:37 | Open on data-folks.masto.host

Michal Migurski 🍉

@TheSteve0 @sara @alan Still proud to be on-record as a hater https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/06/the-most-interesting-story-about-postal-addresses-you-have-ever-read/487160/

4 June at 19:53 | Open on mastodon.social

Nelson Minar 🧚‍♂️

@migurski but it's Pride month, what do you have against homophones?! Oh, never mind.

4 June at 20:27 | Open on tech.lgbt

Michal Migurski 🍉

@nelson I’m not homophonic you’re homophonic

4 June at 20:31 | Open on mastodon.social

@sara @alan whats.three.word ?

4 June at 19:38 | Open on mapstodon.space

HD

@kgjenkins @sara @alan watt.tree.worlds

4 June at 19:44 | Open on mapstodon.space

A Wolf in Cheap Clothing

@alan@subdued.social
I 🩷 w3w

4 June at 19:30 | Open on calckey.world

[DATA EXPUNGED]