alt.hn

5/22/2025 at 12:07:03 PM

What3Words – The Algorithm

https://cybergibbons.com/security-2/what3words-the-algorithm/

by Liftyee

5/22/2025 at 11:37:19 PM

I'm surprised this article is not taken down. OSM wiki states that what3words the company have a good history of taking down code (and maybe articles) like this one, because algorithm (any algorithm that converts any number of words to coordinates) is patented to them in multiple countries

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/What3words

by sheo

5/26/2025 at 2:01:27 PM

The author, if I remember correctly from twitter, was a thorn in the side of the people who developed this system for quite some time. Given his profession I expect he made sure he was on the right side of the law before publishing this.

by gavinward

5/23/2025 at 1:06:57 PM

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by thunderfork

5/22/2025 at 7:57:07 PM

Glad someone is doing this kind of work, so easy to just take people's word at face value.

by dlryc2021