One of the biggest problems with the exchange of directions is nearly similar street names, or perhaps that the directions themselves are somewhat ambiguous "Meet me at the corner of King and Yonge" bring the most basic question - WHICH corner.
Well, a new website addresses all of this, in a very unique, creative and detailed manner. What3Words.COM has divided the entire world (well - probably the vast majority of it) into 57 trillion 3mx3m squares. What they have then done is assigned three words to this physical location and this combination of three words is unique to that specific location. The beauty of this is that this means that when I'm giving directions to the family cottage, I can just reference the three words associated with it - and a link to What3Words, and they will get the precise location.
The extra little tidbit of cool information is that you can purchase your own "one word" for that location on an annual basis - basically like a vanity plate for a car - or at least to make it easier to remember the What3Words key. I am seriously pondering "buying" the key for the cottage and using the name of the cottage as it's reference. It's a really unique way to communication a physical location!
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