New app, now with saved locations. what3words enables people to identify and share any precise location using just three words. The world has been divided into a grid of 3m x 3m squares each with a unique address. It works in multiple languages, offline and is easier to use that GPS and more accurate than street addressing.
About what3words 3.0 on Product Hunt
“Helping everyone talk about everywhere”
what3words 3.0 launched on Product Hunt on April 27th, 2018 and earned 124 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #6 on the daily leaderboard. New app, now with saved locations. what3words enables people to identify and share any precise location using just three words. The world has been divided into a grid of 3m x 3m squares each with a unique address. It works in multiple languages, offline and is easier to use that GPS and more accurate than street addressing.
On the analytics side, what3words 3.0 competes within Android, iOS, API, Venture Capital, Internet of Things, Maps and Tech — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how what3words 3.0 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted what3words 3.0?
what3words 3.0 was hunted by Giles Rhys Jones. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Giles Rhys Jones