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What3Words Geocoder

What3Words provides a geocoding and reverse-geocoding service that can be integrated with GpsGate.

Customers who provide services where street addresses are less common will benefit from a what3words integration. What3words (a geocoding system) assigns a three-word combination to geographic coordinates. You can pinpoint and share a location when an address isn’t available. For example, GpsGate’s office is at wooden.shadows.pictured. 

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Installation

1. Go to Site Admin (Legacy) > Plugins > Get More Plugins.

2. Install the plugins:

  • What3Words Geocodes
  •  Geocoder

4. Go to Main Menu - Site Admin - Maps & Geocodes.

5. Create or Edit What3Words > enter the What3Words API key. If you do not have a What3Words API key, get one by signing up here (link).

6. Click Save. 

7. Enable the geocoders for your application under the application properties in  Site Admin→ Applications → Manage Applications - Maps and Geocoders

8. Select the What3Words as geocoders 

9. Click on Save to save the application properties.

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