{"id":2214,"date":"2017-10-27T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T23:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2017-10-27T11:40:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T23:40:51","slug":"the-importance-of-where-we-are-to-where-we-are-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/the-importance-of-where-we-are-to-where-we-are-going\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of where we are to where we are going?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this short TED talk the other day and found it intriguing in its application of maths and geo-positioning physics. Not to mention the claims for its implications to future global society.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2017\/10\/3-word-address-title.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2215\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2017\/10\/3-word-address-title-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2017\/10\/3-word-address-title-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2017\/10\/3-word-address-title-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2017\/10\/3-word-address-title-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2017\/10\/3-word-address-title-500x283.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/files\/2017\/10\/3-word-address-title.jpg 1037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_sheldrick_a_precise_three_word_address_for_every_place_on_earth?utm_campaign=tedspread--a&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=tedcomshare\">\u00a0A precise three-word address for everyplace on earth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But just what really are the pros and cons of this system?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Get your critical thinking cap on and let us know your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>You might also want to check out what YOUR 3-word address is <a href=\"https:\/\/map.what3words.com\/navy.suffice.comb\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this short TED talk the other day and found it intriguing in its application of maths and geo-positioning physics. Not to mention the claims for its implications to future global society. \u00a0A precise three-word address for everyplace &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/the-importance-of-where-we-are-to-where-we-are-going\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5718,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-mathematics-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5718"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}