mHealth: Global Projects, Software & Critical Perspectives Icd4 London Meetup GSMA HQ, London, UK Tuesday 26th January 2016 For more info: http://www.meetup.com/London-ICT4D/events/227274734/

1. 3 WORD ADDRESSING FOR MHEALTH WORLDWIDE
CLARE JONES
@WHAT3WORDS
@CLAREMARYJONES

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75% OF THE WORLD HAS INADEQUATE,
POOR OR NO ADDRESSING SYSTEMS

3. 4 BILLION PEOPLE DON’T HAVE AN ADDRESS
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Latitude and Longitude coordinate pairs are
great for machines … but ineffective for people
Errors in understanding, transcription and communication
of lat/long make their widespread use prohibitive
25° 9’ 40.918” S 18° 59’ 2.824” E

7. Every 3m x 3m square in the world has been assigned a 3 word address

8. Current 3 word languages:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- German
- Swahili
- Turkish
- Swedish
- Italian
Coming soon:
- Arabic
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Greek
- Hindi
- Bengali
and more…

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1. Type in your postcode,
street address or business
name
3. Switch to satellite
view & unlock pin
4. Move pin to actual location,
the 3 word address is
displayed on the red bar.
2. Zoom in to grid
level
How to find a 3 word address:

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IT IS BEING USED TO COMBAT CHOLERA IN TANZANIA
http://what3words.com/2016/01/dmaert/

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USED TO COMBAT MALARIA IN TANZANIA & MOZAMBIQUE
w3w.co/in2care

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USED IN THE TOWNSHIPS TO DELIVER MEDICINES
vimeo.com/what3words/township

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USED BY THE UN IN DISASTER RELIEF
w3w.co/un-asign

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AND BY PEOPLE IN OVER 170 COUNTRIES

16. CLARE@WHAT3WORDS.COM
@CLAREMARYJONES
@WHAT3WORDS