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The Guardian | The GPS app that can find anyone anywhere

Living essentially off-map makes it tough to get a bank account, register to vote, apply for a job or even receive a letter. But for women in many parts of South Africa, the lack of reliable addressin

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Improving living conditions in Rhino Refugee Camp, Uganda

The project aims to give everyone living, volunteering and working in the Arua district the same benefits of fixed addressing as those in urban and suburban areas.

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Sony Innovation Fund invests in what3words

“what3words has solved the considerable problem of entering a precise location into a machine by voice. The dramatic rise in voice-activated systems calls for a simple voice geocoder that works across all digital platforms and channels, and can be written down and spoken easily.”

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Paving the way for easier navigation in Pakistan with TPL and what3words

Find your way around Pakistan with leading mapping provider TPL and what3words.

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Fighting fires efficiently with what3words and CoolBomb

Fires claim thousands of lives and homes every year, but current fire fighting techniques are still desperately inefficient at night and in high winds. CoolBomb is an aerosol extinguishing device, de

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Donations reach the people who need them with what3words and Pack for a Purpose

Travellers often want to help the communities they visit, but don’t know in advance what supplies are most needed. Pack for a Purpose is a platform that helps them understand in advance what sort of

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what3words in the field: training NATO disaster response teams in Bosnia and Herzegovina

what3words joins NATO in Bosnia and Herzegovina for its 17th International Emergency Coordination Exercise.

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Mexico Earthquake: what3words used in the disaster response

The free what3words app can be used where the destruction of regular infrastructure makes regular addresses and landmarks impossible to use.

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Delivering humanitarian aid faster with what3words and DataCapable

How do you deliver aid during disasters when landmarks become unrecognisable?

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BBC News | TEDGlobal: Three words that give people an address

what3words was at Arusha, Tanzania's TEDGlobal conference, updating its effort to give "everyone an address".

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Chris Sheldrick to speak at TEDGlobal 2017

Chris Sheldrick to speak at TEDGlobal 2017

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Supporting local food businesses with what3words and [UN]cultivated

[UN]cultivated has integrated what3words into their map and the form volunteers use to record contributors, so that locals and tourists can easily find them wherever they are, with a 3 word address.