What3words (English Wikipedia)

"Location Encoding Systems". checkmypostcode.uk. What3Birds...is a parody of the commercial What3Words system, which isn't suitable for this website as it doesn't have a published, open source algorithm. It does, though, work - every postcode on this website has a unique, three bird code. The list of birds was taken (in simplified form) from the British Ornithologists' Union's official list of birds recorded in Britain.

companieshouse.gov.uk

beta.companieshouse.gov.uk

"What3words Limited - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". Companies House.

company-information.service.gov.uk

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

"Incorporation". Companies House. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
"What3words Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
What3words Limited: Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
What3words Limited: Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 December 2021
What3words Limited: Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 December 2022

cybergibbons.com

Tierney, Andrew (20 September 2021). "What3Words The Algorithm". Retrieved 20 September 2021.
Tierney, Andrew (29 April 2021). "Why What3Words is not suitable for safety critical applications" (PDF). Mountain Rescue. No. Summer 2021. p. 30. ISSN 1756-8749. (blog mirror)

doi.org

Arthur, Rudy (25 October 2023). "A critical analysis of the What3Words geocoding algorithm". PLOS ONE. 18 (10): e0292491. arXiv:2308.16025. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1892491A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292491. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 10599581. PMID 37878572.

fortune.com

Korosec, Kirsten (11 January 2018). "Why Daimler Invested in a Startup That Has Labeled the World With Unique Three-Word Addresses". Fortune.

fourkingmaps.co.uk

"Four King Maps".

frankenpost.de

"Bei Tröstau: Helfer üben gemeinsam - Frankenpost". www.frankenpost.de (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2022.

ft.com

Margolis, Johnathan (20 October 2015). "What3Words: new tech that will find any location". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
Lo Dico, Joy (6 February 2021). "Postcodes from the edge: how an upstart app is changing the world's addresses". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
Moules, Jonathan (26 September 2021). "Chris Sheldrick of What3words: lessons from scaling a start-up". Financial Times.

github.com

Writer authorised to act on behalf of what3words Ltd (5 July 2016). "Urgent DMCA takedown notice". Letter to GitHub staff.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

gizmodo.com

Stokel-Walker, Chris (14 September 2022). "UK Government Sends Mourners to North Carolina to Queue for the Queen". Gizmodo. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

haldimandcounty.ca

"Haldimand County Emergency Services joins national week of action to help 9-1-1 callers #KnowExactlyWhere in an emergency with what3words app". Haldimand County. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

harvard.edu

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Arthur, Rudy (25 October 2023). "A critical analysis of the What3Words geocoding algorithm". PLOS ONE. 18 (10): e0292491. arXiv:2308.16025. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1892491A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292491. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 10599581. PMID 37878572.

hfu.github.io

"what3numbers". Github.io.

huffingtonpost.co.uk

Rundle, Michael (2 July 2013). "'What3Words' Wants To Replace Postcodes With Words – For The Entire Globe". HuffingtonPost.

insidehalton.com

Cilliers, Roland (5 August 2022). "Milton rock climbing incident leaves woman with serious injuries". www.insidehalton.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

magenta.as

Lanks, Belinda (11 October 2016). "This App Gives Even the Most Remote Spots on the Planet an Address". Magenta.as.

mercurynews.com

Avalos, George (12 November 2015). "San Jose: Tech awards honor an array of laureates". Mercury News.

mynbc15.com

Pippin, Cory (20 July 2022). "Kayaker floating in Mobile Bay rescued thanks to Baldwin Co. 9-1-1 GPS technology". WPMI. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

nih.gov

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Arthur, Rudy (25 October 2023). "A critical analysis of the What3Words geocoding algorithm". PLOS ONE. 18 (10): e0292491. arXiv:2308.16025. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1892491A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292491. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 10599581. PMID 37878572.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Arthur, Rudy (25 October 2023). "A critical analysis of the What3Words geocoding algorithm". PLOS ONE. 18 (10): e0292491. arXiv:2308.16025. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1892491A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292491. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 10599581. PMID 37878572.

nottinghamshire.police.uk

"Download what3words". Nottinghamshire Police. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

rescue.org.uk

mountain.rescue.org.uk

Tierney, Andrew (29 April 2021). "Why What3Words is not suitable for safety critical applications" (PDF). Mountain Rescue. No. Summer 2021. p. 30. ISSN 1756-8749. (blog mirror)

smh.com.au

Power, Julie (18 May 2020). "Three random words saved Cornelia on a cold wet day of bushwalking". Sydney Morning Herald.

spectator.co.uk

Sutherland, Rory (25 October 2014). "The best navigation idea I've seen since the Tube map". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015.

straitstimes.com

tnp.straitstimes.com

Yap, Gracia (1 November 2020). "Boys, 14, got lost in MacRitchie forest trying to find a shrine". The Straits Times.

swindonadvertiser.co.uk

Dalton, Sarah (9 December 2023). "Search and rescue warn about dangers of What3words app after incident". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

techcrunch.com

Whittaker, Zack (30 April 2021). "What3Words sent a legal threat to a security researcher for sharing an open-source alternative". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Lomas, Natasha (8 July 2013). "Location-Pinpointing Startup what3words Sells 10,000+ OneWord Map-Pins In First Week". TechCrunch.
Whittaker, Zack (30 April 2021). "What3Words sends legal threat to a security researcher for sharing an open-source alternative".

telegraph.co.uk

Turner, Camilla (14 September 2022). "Mourners sent to back of the queue (in California) as tracking system suffers early blips". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

theregister.com

Corfield, Gareth (14 August 2021). "Tired: What3Words. Wired: A clone location-tracking service based on FOUR words – and they are all extremely rude". The Register. London. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

thetimes.co.uk

Humphries, Will (26 December 2019). "Don't rely on location app What3words, say rescuers". The Times. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

triplezero.gov.au

"Triple Zero". Australian Government. Australian Government.

vcpost.com

Avellana, Nicel Jane (6 November 2013). "Startup what3words gets USD 500,000 in seed round". Venture Capital Post.

warwickshire.police.uk

"Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership asks public to use What3Words app when calling emergency services". Warwickshire Police. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

web.archive.org

"How do you take into account words that sound the same or can be spelled in different ways?". What3words support. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"Celebrating 50 Languages". Archived from the original on 6 July 2022.
"How are the words assigned?". What3words support. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
"what3fucks". Archived from the original on 5 December 2019.

what3emojis.com

"what3emojis". what3emojis.com.

what3fucks.com

"what3fucks". Archived from the original on 5 December 2019.

what3words.com

support.what3words.com

"Why can't I buy my own words or change some of the words?". what3words.
"How does what3words make money?". what3words Help Center. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
"How do you take into account words that sound the same or can be spelled in different ways?". What3words support. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"How are the words assigned?". What3words support. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

50-languages.what3words.com

"Celebrating 50 Languages". Archived from the original on 6 July 2022.

whatdotheyknow.com

"What3words July 2022 - social media plan". WhatDoTheyKnow. Staffordshire Police. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

wipo.int

patentscope.wipo.int

"A Method and Apparatus for Identifying and Communicating Locations". World Intellectual Property Organization. 19 April 2013.

wired.co.uk

Turk, Vicki (18 August 2018). "What3words changed how we map the world. And it didn't stop there". Wired. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

worldcat.org

search.worldcat.org

Arthur, Rudy (25 October 2023). "A critical analysis of the What3Words geocoding algorithm". PLOS ONE. 18 (10): e0292491. arXiv:2308.16025. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1892491A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292491. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 10599581. PMID 37878572.
Tierney, Andrew (29 April 2021). "Why What3Words is not suitable for safety critical applications" (PDF). Mountain Rescue. No. Summer 2021. p. 30. ISSN 1756-8749. (blog mirror)
Turner, Camilla (14 September 2022). "Mourners sent to back of the queue (in California) as tracking system suffers early blips". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 September 2022.