what3words has been adopted as an addressing standard for La Poste, the Côte d’Ivoire’s national postal system. 

Côte d’Ivoire is the first African nation – and second country in the world – to adopt 3 word addresses to improve its national infrastructure.

http://what3words.com/la-poste/

BBC World Service | Focus on Africa | what3words

Like much of the Pacific, Tonga doesn't really have a formal address system, which can make things difficult for the country's mail deliverers.

The chief executive of Tonga Post, Siosifa Pomana, says the organisation has been looking for a solution for years, and it has now teamed up with a British company, what3words.

Mr Pomana told Jamie Tahana that under the new programme, over the next few months all of Tonga will be divided into 3m x 3m sqaure sections which will be assigned a combination of three words.

Dateline Pacific

Radio New Zealand | Tonga will have a new postal system | what3words

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Sarnai | what3words | Mongolia | Radio 2

Tree | what3words | Mongolia | Radio 1

In this quick talk about a big idea, what3words CEO Chris Sheldrick explains the economic and political implications of giving everyone an accurate address -- from building infrastructure to sending aid to disaster zones to delivering hot pizza.

Watch the talk here: https://goo.gl/3EoWJ6

TED TALKS DAILY | A Precise Three Word Address For Every Place On Earth  Chris Sheldrick

Ask anyone in public safety and they will tell you that the most critical information, yet often the most elusive, is the location of the caller. Not only is the location accuracy grossly inadequate with most mobile devices today, often a caller is unaware of what their "dispatchable address" is. Not only do public safety dispatchers rely on the technology in the network to route the call correctly, but the inability of that technology to give them a discreet location puts the onus on the caller to be able to convey that information to the 911 call taker.

APN Rewind | E911Talk - Eps. 252 | Your EXACT Location With Only 3 Words

what3words is disrupting the addressing industry across the world by mapping 57 trillion 3x3 meter squares onto the surface of the planet. With what3words it's possible to pinpoint a location in the ocean, the dessert or to find any address in the world. Titus Sharpe interviews CEO Chris Sheldrick to find out more about the implications of this technology.

Focus on CEOs | Episode #3 | Where In The World | Chris Sheldrick

Chris Sheldrick , CEO of what3words, explains in an interview with detektor.fm presenter Carina Fron how the what3words addressing system works.

Detektor FM | what3words: Unter welchen drei Wörtern wohnst du | Chris Sheldrick

Giles Rhys Jones ist der Chief Marketing Officer des Londoner Startups what3words. Das junge Unternehmen hat die Welt in 57 Milliarden 3x3 Meter große Quadrate aufgeteilt. Jedes einzelne Quadrat wird mit seinen geographischen Koordinaten einer eindeutigen Drei-Wörter-Adresse zugeordnet. So entsteht die Option für sehr genaue Navigationssysteme – in der Stadt und auf dem Land.

Die Idee hat der Deutschen Bahn so gut gefallen, dass sie über ihren Startup-Fonds direkt mit einer Beteiligung zuschlug. Auch Daimler gefiel das Konzept und so gab der Konzern auf der diesjährigen IAA eine Partnerschaft mit what3words bekannt. Mercedes-Benz wird demnach sein Sprachnavigationssystem für 3-Wörter-Adressen präparieren und die Navigation mit what3words über die Betriebseinheit der zukünftig gebauten Autos möglich machen.

Auf eben dieser IAA in Frankfurt traf Jens Stoewhase den Marketer Giles Rhys Jones und staunte nicht schlecht, als der ihm nicht nur erklärte, wie das System funktioniert, sondern das man sich mit what3words in der Mongolei die Pizza sogar bis in die Steppe liefern lassen kann. Jones verriet auch, warum er nicht mit Elon Musk auf dem Mars arbeiten möchte. ;-)

Ein kurzes englisches Interview am Rande der Automobilmesse.

Hack The Road Jack | what3words - Oder Wie Man Die Welt In 57 Milliarden Quadrate Aufteilt

Around the world, street addressing is irregular and incomplete; finding an address and communicating it to others is still an imperfect science. In this episode, we look at what3words - a service that provides three word addresses to the entire world.

http://ogojiii.com/?p=25484

Ogojiii Design Pickup | what3words | episode #1

A multi-award winning global addressing system based on 57 trillion 3mx3m squares, each addressed with 3 simple words.

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