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Is there a widely accepted open source alternative to What3Words? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by notsosure@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It seems that what3words is proprietary. The app on AppStore expects 40€ annually for quite basic functionality, hard to see how something with potentially useful functionality can get global acceptance at these costs.

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[–] PostsFromWikipedia@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

What3words (stylized as what3words) is a proprietary^[4]^ geocode system designed to identify any location on the surface of Earth with a resolution of approximately 3 metres (9.8 ft). It is owned by What3words Limited, based in London, England. The system encodes geographic coordinates into three permanently fixed dictionary words. For example, the front door of 10 Downing Street in London is identified by ///slurs.this.shark.^[5]^