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EPISODE · Apr 30, 2025 · 3 MIN

Map Week: How To Find Where You Are In Just Three Words

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

This week we're replaying some of our favorite episodes about maps and geography. In this episode from August 2019, the app what3words breaks down all the spaces on earth into 3 meter by 3 meter squares and assigns each of those squares a unique set of three words, giving us a new way to pinpoint our locations. Plus: Athens, Wisconsin is home to the center point of the northern half of the western hemisphere. This Smartphone App Can Save Your Life with Just 3 Words (Interesting Engineering)45 X 90 Geographical Marker (Atlas Obscura)Back Cool Weird Awesome on Patreon and you’ll never feel lost

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