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what3words

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what3words

Summary

what3words is a geocode system[1].

Key Facts

  • what3words's instance of is recorded as geocode system[2].
  • what3words's instance of is recorded as series of creative works[3].
  • what3words's instance of is recorded as proprietary software[4].
  • what3words's developer is recorded as What3words Ltd.[5].
  • what3words's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[6].
  • what3words's described at URL is recorded as https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/What3words[7].
  • what3words's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include geocode system[2], series of creative works[3], and proprietary software[4].

Related Entities

proprietary software

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wiki.openstreetmap.org. Retrieved . wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). what3words. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/what3words
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_what3words_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{what3words}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/what3words}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 16d ago · SlowDialupNarrowband · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    Instance of → geocode system, series of creative works, proprietary software
    Quora topic → —
    Alternativeto software id → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3417]]: what3words"
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