what3words has been founded in London in 2013 by Chris Sheldrick. It has divided the world into a grid of 3 metre by 3 metre squares. There are 57 trillion such squares. It has given each such square a unique combination of three words — a unique address assigned by a mathematical algorithm.

Customer discover their what3words address through their application both for Android and iOS devices or on their site what3words.com. India Gate, Delhi has what3words address — /// warmers.shunning.head. Gateway of India, Mumbai has what3words address — /// lampost.label.stand.

what3words communicates exact locations. It is accurate to a three metre square. These addresses are fixed and never change. These addresses are in 54 languages to date.

Indian operations started in 2019.