A fresh,simpler coordinate system uses combinations of words to enable people to find locations more memorably than by GPS or postcodes
When Chris Sheldrick ran a trade organising music events, he repeatedly came across the same problem: getting equipment to the right place at the right time. In London, and this meant the drivers could end up at one of the 17 other entrances to Wembley stadium rather than the one they were supposed to be at,while in Dubai, they could gather lost by turning at the wrong landmark.
After trying and failing with GPS coordinates, or Sheldrick sought to find a simpler mapping system. The retort came by using three random words strung together to divide the entire globe,oceans included, in three-metre-by-three-metre squares.
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Source: theguardian.com