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三词地址
三词地址
	威斯敏斯特宫附近的三词地址网格
商业名称	what3words
成立	2013年，11年前
創辦人	Chris Sheldrick; Jack Waley-Cohen; Mohan Ganesalingam; Michael Dent;
總部	英国伦敦
息税前利润	▼ −£46.4M;
净利润	▲ −£31.5M; （2022）
員工人數	152（2022）
网站	www.what3words.com

三词地址（英語：what3words）是一个地理编码系统，由总部位于英国伦敦的三词地址有限公司（What3words Ltd.）开发并拥有版权。^[2]该系统将地球表面划分为三米见方的网格，每一格对应专属的三个词语。例如，英国首相官邸唐宁街10号正门所在位置对应的三个词语为slurs.this.shark。^[3]

三词地址与大多数地理编码系统的不同之处在于它使用词语而不是数字或字母串定位，使得查找、分享精确位置更为容易。该系统支持50种语言，每种语言的地址由2万5千个词语构成（英语地址则包括4万个词语，其定位除陆地外还涵盖海洋）。^[4]使用三词地址定位的有应急响应机构^[5]、汽车品牌^[6]、物流公司^[7]等。

参考文献

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 What3words Limited: Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 December 2022
^ Whittaker, Zack. What3Words sent a legal threat to a security researcher for sharing an open-source alternative. TechCrunch. 30 April 2021 [11 November 2021] （美国英语）.
^ Leatherdale, Duncan. What3words: The app that can save your life. BBC News. 15 August 2019 [31 January 2021]. （原始内容存档于2023-11-05）.
^ Turk, Vicki. What3words changed how we map the world. And it didn't stop there. Wired. 18 August 2018 [5 October 2022]. （原始内容存档于2022-10-09）.
^ Power, Julie. Three random words saved Cornelia on a cold wet day of bushwalking. Sydney Morning Herald. 18 May 2020 [2023-12-22]. （原始内容存档于2023-12-03）.
^ Brecht, Michael. What3words: Diese Ortungssoftware gibt es bald serienmäßig in Daimlers A-Klasse. Die Welt. 5 April 2018 [2023-12-22]. （原始内容存档于2023-04-22）（德语）.
^ Margolis, Johnathan. What3Words: new tech that will find any location. Financial Times. 20 October 2015 [15 June 2021]. （原始内容存档于2023-04-22）.

[ch2022report-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 What3words Limited: Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 December 2022

[2] Whittaker, Zack. What3Words sent a legal threat to a security researcher for sharing an open-source alternative. TechCrunch. 30 April 2021 [11 November 2021] （美国英语）.

[3] Leatherdale, Duncan. What3words: The app that can save your life. BBC News. 15 August 2019 [31 January 2021]. （原始内容存档于2023-11-05）.

[wired2018-4] Turk, Vicki. What3words changed how we map the world. And it didn't stop there. Wired. 18 August 2018 [5 October 2022]. （原始内容存档于2022-10-09）.

[smh2020-5] Power, Julie. Three random words saved Cornelia on a cold wet day of bushwalking. Sydney Morning Herald. 18 May 2020 [2023-12-22]. （原始内容存档于2023-12-03）.

[6] Brecht, Michael. What3words: Diese Ortungssoftware gibt es bald serienmäßig in Daimlers A-Klasse. Die Welt. 5 April 2018 [2023-12-22]. （原始内容存档于2023-04-22）（德语）.

[FT16-7] Margolis, Johnathan. What3Words: new tech that will find any location. Financial Times. 20 October 2015 [15 June 2021]. （原始内容存档于2023-04-22）.

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