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Mention what3fucks in the readme #7

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Mention what3fucks in the readme
IvanSanchez Aug 10, 2016
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Add example encodings for what3pokemon and what3ikea
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Expand Up @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Xaddress encodes the latitude & longitude of a place in a form that resembles a
[TRY IT IN ENGLISH](http://www.xaddress.org/try?lng=en) | [PRUEBELO EN ESPAÑOL](http://www.xaddress.org/try?lng=es)

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The demo site uses some free apis with limited requests per day,
The demo site uses some free apis with limited requests per day,
some functionality might be unavailable on high demand.
```
## How it looks
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#### 1) VISUAL AVATAR
Used like a visual hash to ensure that you write the Xaddress right, if you change any letter it will generate another image, for example MAGICAL PEARL**S** will show you a different image so you can know that you write a wrong address.

If you want to transmit your Xaddress by phone you will say
If you want to transmit your Xaddress by phone you will say
> "7150 MAGICAL PEARL - Maluku ,Indonesia" my avatar is a boot

#### 2) COUNTRY AND STATE
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## CONS:
* May take you some effort to find a suitable address
* May take you some effort to find a suitable address
* 10mts accuracy with the present form.

## ALTERNATIVES:
* [What3words] (http://what3words.com) - Uses 3 words to define any location *percolator.surmount.retooled*, commercial option with a patented algorithm.
* [Geohash] (http://http://geohash.org/) - Free and Opensource *qyu1g0by7*
* [Mapcode] (http://www.mapcode.com/) - Free with Apache License Version 2.0. *VQ6.1MFD*
* [Openlocationcode] (http://openlocationcode.com/) - Free and Opensource *6Q5F 7GJ5+J6*
* [Geogrids] (https://gitlab.com/IvanSanchez/geogrids) - Free and Open-Source (WTF public license), powering what3fucks, www.what3pokemon.com *Growlithe Espurr Caterpie*, www.what3ikea.com *hällestad upphetta bullar* and www.what3goshdarnits.com *mother-trucker flim-flam crapola*.
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i play pokemon go everyday


## Compare encodings:
| Option | Location : -6.7184 , 129.5080 |
Expand All @@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ ruby decode.rb "7150 MAGICAL PEARL - Maluku, Indonesia"
| GEOHASH | qyu1g0by7 |
| MAPCODE | VQ6.1MFD |
| OPENLOCATIONCODE | 6Q5F 7GJ5+J6 |
| WHAT3POKEMON | [Cascoon Fletchinder Venipede Grovyle](http://www.what3pokemon.com/#Cascoon_Fletchinder_Venipede_Grovyle) |
| WHAT3IKEA | [amorf ingalund lakrits drömmar](http://www.what3ikea.com/#amorf_ingalund_lakrits_dr%C3%B6mmar) |

## TO DO
* Filter the word list for inappropriate words
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