Sportronics.Utility.WhatThreeWords 1.0.1

W3W

About

A C# .Net 6 Console app that can generate W3W map tri-word and related json data from GPS coordinates.

• W3W: What Three Words
• Three words uniquley define a square 3mx3m (10'x10') world-wide
• eg Try this: https://what3words.com/adjust.case.trains

Links

• Getting Started
• Get API Key
  • Can get Free key, 100 lookups per month.

Sample Output

Hi from Word3Word App!
Getting json string using httpClient.GetAsync
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json string: {"country":"AU","square":{"southwest":{"lng":144.918576,"lat":-37.751105},"northeast":{"lng":144.91861,"lat":-37.751078}},"nearestPlace":"Essendon, Victoria","coordinates":{"lng":144.918593,"lat":-37.751092},"words":"adjust.case.trains","language":"en","map":"https:\/\/w3w.co\/adjust.case.trains"}
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json string parsed OK

Getting json direct using httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync
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Country: AU
Nearest Place: Essendon, Victoria
W3W Words: adjust.case.trains
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Map Link: https://w3w.co/adjust.case.trains
The map link URL is on the clipboard.

Usage

Get What3Words Tri-words for GPS location.

• Get an API Key (See link above)
• Insert into Data.cs
  • Insert lattitude and longitude coordinates into Data.cs
    OR
• Enter lattitude longitude on command line.
  • AND (Optionally) enter API Key as third parameter.
• Run the app.
• Paste the Url generated into a Web Browser.

Update: Projects

• W3WProject: Standalone Console project
• WhatThreeWords: W3W in static class library
  • WhatThreeWords.GetW3W() Returns W3W class instance
  • Usage:

var w3wjson = await WhatThreeWords.GetW3W(lattitude, longitude, w3wkey);

• WhatThreeWordsConsole: Console app that calls WhatThreeWords Class
  • Same functionality as W3WProject though.
• WhatThreeWordsNugetConsole: As previous but uses Nuget Package WhatThreeWords