MONGOLIA MAY BE SPEARHEADING A THREE-WORD ADDRESS REVOLUTION

One of the countries hit hardest by the traditional mail system is Mongolia, known for its vast, sparsely populated landscape (three times the size of Spain) and nomadic population. Many Mongolians are forced to travel several miles to collect their mail from post office boxes because their homes are not listed in the national postal system.

The country’s largest postal service provider, Mongol Post, serves more than 3 million citizens, of which 30 percent are nomadic. It’s also in the country’s economic interest to have a functioning address system: as a rapidly emerging market set on attracting interest, what3words seems to offer the perfect solution.

Mongol Post will be the first national postal service to start using what3Word’s system next month. What this means is that what3words will be paid to provide a software that converts three-word addresses into GPS coordinates. Mail will have its three-word address converted into GPS coordinates, and off it goes. Then, using the free what3Words website or app, users can look up these three-word locations, which have been translated into Mongolian.

If successful, there’s no reason to doubt more countries will follow.

Source:http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/06/24/