what3words
Hi,
I am a strong believer in what3words (https://what3words.com) and I think it would be a good idea if the system could be incorporated into the slowways routes. Perhaps only the start, end, and stop off points would need to be included. It would give people without any knowledge of map co-ordinates an easy way to find the important parts of the route.
I am new to the community and mentioned this at the webinar and Daniel suggested I posted it here.
Phil.
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I like the interconnectedness of this idea!
Mark
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That's a great idea Phil - anything that removes barriers for people to use the resource we create is very welcome! I wonder if what3words can be integrated into a Slow Ways ap - maybe something to consider from the start?
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What are the commercial implications ?
My understanding was that the what3words is in some way private IP and not open source / openly available ?
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Think you should be able to add the what3words api into your app which would convert the national grid locations to what3words to display to users. Not 100% sure though!
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I was thinking of 'simply' adding what3words information to the start, end, and any intermediate pubs, sorry points, along the way. It's a little extra work but as there would only be a few points along the route it wouldn't take that long to do.
I've added the what3words info into my route from Porthcawl to Bridgend (Cawbri). I just added it to the description of the waypoint in question.
If it what3words could be incorporated into the app that would be fantastic but there would probably be a licensing issue.
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Hello, all,
Following this thread with interest. Picking up on Ed's earlier point, do you envisage any commercial sensitivity or conflict in incorporating What3Words into OS software? I'm not an intellectual property lawyer, but wonder how this would work.
I guess my question is what additional benefit are we looking to provide that isn't already there?
What's the problem you're trying to solve here?
J
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I think they're pretty open in terms of letting people use their API - it's made freely available as an ESRI, QGIS and Excel plug-in, so if we decide to use it then my interpretation is it will be fine - you only pay for the API if you're making money (eg charging to download the Ap). It's worth considering whether it is worth incorporating it though - the idea with What3Words is it's a less technical way of finding out your position on the globe (instead of using geographic coordinates/datums/projections/transformations etc) - if the slow ways routes will eventually be available as an ap, then the ap will do all the hard work for you (in terms of showing your location, navigation etc), so not sure how beneficial it would be to include What3Words?
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What3Words are very friendly and helpful and would probably love to be involved with this idea.
One advantage of incorporating some of the 3WordAddresses would be to clarify tricky routes/junctions, especially across open fields or terrain.
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