Add What3Words Geocoder

[TwoWheelDev]

I saw that there had been some interest in having a Geocoder for What3Words previously. The service is now a lot more popular and in use by a number of emergency services and couriers.

I have therefore created a Geocoder for What3Words and tested it against the current Github version. The address will display a What3Words address with a link; that links to their map tile.

I have checked the API guidelines and for converting coordinates to a w3w address this is only subject to fair use policy. In keeping with the other geocoders, the API key is configurable from the configuration file, however.

The required configuration is as follows:

<entry key='geocoder.enable'>true</entry>
<entry key='geocoder.type'>what3words</entry>
<entry key='geocoder.key'>**APIKEY**</entry>

[tananaev]

Can you please provide some references for this:

I saw that there had been some interest in having a Geocoder for What3Words previously

[TwoWheelDev]

The only one I can now find is a feature request from 2018, #4102. I seemed to recall seeing it elsewhere as well but am unable to find it at this current time!

[tananaev]

I feel like it has very limited value. Let's see if anyone else is interested in it. There was a hype around it a couple years back, but it's still not widely used.

[covertbert]

I think whether it's widely used may depend on where you live. For example it's used by all mountain rescue organisations in the UK (I can't speak for other countries of course)

[tsmgeek]

I feel like it has very limited value. Let's see if anyone else is interested in it. There was a hype around it a couple years back, but it's still not widely used.

In the UK we have adverts about it on main TV, also many emergency services are using it.

[andywarren1969]

Thanks for developing this it's really useful, however there is a small bug as sometimes in place of the address link I get the following displayed as html

///earplugs.saved.testing