What3Words

ID what3words

DatatypeNot PIIidentifier

What3words is a proprietary geocode system designed to identify any location with a resolution of about 3 metres (9.8 ft). It is owned by What3words Limited, based in London, England.

Categories: Geographic identifiers
Countries: Global (not tied to a country)
Languages: Common to most languages
Quality: 70/100 · missing: negative example, mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage
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Supported by tools: no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

^(?:///)?[^\W\d_]+\.[^\W\d_]+\.[^\W\d_]+$

Python re syntax.

Examples

Value	Description
thrive.collaborating.slangy	What3Words example 1
squirrels.devours.longitudes	What3Words example 2

Sources

wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What3word

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