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what3words mentions (122)

• I Know What Your Password Was Last Summer

  Something to add to their list of common passwords is the What3Words database of locations https://what3words.com It's something like 50trillion sets of looks-random strings. That's quite a lot, but if the list could be narrowed very significantly to get some likely results by selecting locations in: 1) cities where a company is physically located 2) large capital & global cities 3) significant landmarks I see... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• No rapid numbers on driveways

  I’m waiting for these guys to make a breakthrough here. Source: 5 months ago

• Unique Challenges of Geocoding in India

  I assume this is the problem that https://what3words.com/ is trying to solve. But I guess it being in English makes it a less good solution. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Planning and Crash Prevention

  Crashing in a Metro Park follows very similar recommendations as to what’s above. However, accurately describing your location along our Metro Parks Greenway trails and systems can often be tricky! And just for that reason, the parks department uses the app What3Words to help people share their exact location with emergency responders. Whether you’ve crashed or come across someone who needs aid for any reason,... Source: 8 months ago

• Worst3Words

  I've been having fund with a game I call Worst3Words, trying to find the worst What3Words (https://what3words.com/) address. The meaning of worst is flexible e.g. Confusing ///senses.census.send Offensive ///retain.towers.slip (look up the location) Or just... Odd ///aargh.send.help But has to be valid. Source: 8 months ago

Stamen Maps mentions (13)

• Are there any good tools for making a modern map?

  I have used http://maps.stamen.com to good effect. Source: about 1 year ago

• I finished my first film photography zine!

  Thanks!! It was actually pretty easy. I got the map background from Stamen Maps (free), and for the vellum overlay I just traced all the points by hand and wrote the title on with a metallic gold marker. Source: over 1 year ago

• Self Hosting a Google Maps Alternative with OpenStreetMap

  The barriers to adopting vector-everywhere are social and commercial, not technical. There are a couple great public raster services like osm.org's default style and http://maps.stamen.com. These are 100% free to use, so they get used everywhere, but incur significant expense to the organizations running (paying) for them. There aren't equivalent solutions in vector-land yet... I wrote a bit about this previously:... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• A map zoom effect for a video I'm editing. Something I can improve?

  Thanks for the feedback. The map is from maps.stamen.com . When I re-watch the clip I also notice that the text is way to fast. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Why are maps so hard to make?

  The Stamen toner map may work well for you: http://maps.stamen.com/#toner/14/37.8024/-122.2645 Also checkout their watercolor rendering... Probably my favorite basemap that I never get to use. If you do use QGIS, you can get the Quick Map Services plugin that will connect you with these Stamen basemaps as well (and tons of other basemaps, a must-have plugin). - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago