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Good morning !tzag !fediverse !tempfix - I just found out about What3Words - a way to address any place on earth, even if they don't have a street address, and without complicated (and typo-prone) GPS coordinates: see https://what3words.com/about - my location in Groningen is http://w3w.co/names.grownup.again (switch to OpenStreetMap as it's much more accurate than Google Maps here!) #what3words. There's an App, too (Android and iOS) which I've yet to try out. I'm definitely going to use this to direct people to my place!
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I played with the (Android) app a little now. Basically: it works. A bit quirky at times though, and I hate that I see no way to choose a mapping background like you can on the web page (Google data is seriously outdated for addresses in NL: I can get the map point, but trying to get directions fails because G doesn't know the actual street address; at least you get something approximate, but that's not good enough for actual directions). So, for now, for NL, using the website on your phone (and switching to OSM) is better and more reliable than using the app. That said, the app seems to be under active development, so it will likely get better. (In the mean time, G seriously needs to update their database - both satellite imagery (sometimes > 10 years old!) and street addresses (and how they are mapped to the map data). #what3words #app #osm #googlemaps
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