"What3words" could make deliveries 30% more efficient

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"What3words" is a website whose purpose is to simplify addresses, which they achieve by using a geo-coding system to publicize locations using a resolution of three meters. What makes this site unique is the use of 3 words to reach a location close to what you want, this is what distinguishes this website from others for its unique system of geo-coding. This website has mobile applications available Apple and Android.

Companies dedicated to parcels could increase the efficiency of their deliveries by 30% if they used “what3words”. With this application you do not enter addresses in a common way, but what this application does is locate addresses exactly by combining three different words.

"What3words", has won awards such as "Game Changer" and "Rising Star" at the e-commerce awards ceremony last year. This system has been revealed to have been used by seven national postal services since last year.

In a recent test in London, the delivery company "Quiqup" was able to reduce 30 percent of its delivery times using this 3-word system. And in places like the Caribbean island of Sint Marteen, the fast food company “Dominos” has been testing this same system for their home deliveries.

"What3words " was founded in Great Britain in 2013. This address system they have created has divided the world into 57 trillion 3 by 3 meter squares, each location has a unique combination of these 3 words. This means that everything and every part has a simple address which is very easy to remember. This system is currently available in 14 different languages ​​and is being used in more than 180 countries.


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