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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Today, I discovered another used for what3words - from the Google doodle. It's also used by Blindsquare as a navigation tool for the blind and visually impaired.

http://what3words.com/partner/blindsquare/

I added this info.


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FWR

One teeny question from a nonmathematician: if I live in a remote area, with no streets etc, say the middle of a rainforest, how do I (presuming I've got a phone and a signal) search for my address if it's just a mud but in the middle of nowhere? Can you just click on a square?


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FWR

Cancel that, just found the move square tool! Strikingly.honed.dentures.


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - rofl Endless fun with those word combinations.

Here's a tweet from today on what3words use on canals:

http://twitter.com/what3words/status/1149675790780575744


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