Case Study: Hexagon Geospatial achieves precise, user-friendly location search and display with what3words

Hexagon Geospatial integrates what3words into its Hexagon Smart M.App platform

Hexagon Geospatial’s Hexagon Smart M.App platform—a cloud-based tool for building specialized geospatial web applications—faced a common industry challenge: highly accurate GIS coordinates are often difficult for people to use and share, leading to errors and inefficiencies and limiting accessibility for non-technical users. Hexagon needed a simple, human-friendly way to communicate precise locations across use cases from emergency response to urban planning.

The solution was to integrate what3words into Smart M.Apps, enabling display and search of unique 3-word addresses (3 m × 3 m precision) via a simple JavaScript snippet and mobile “Where Am I?” functionality. The result: more intuitive, shareable location data that reduces errors, speeds workflows and prototyping, and enhances customer experience across sectors such as tourism, asset management, emergency services and smart city applications.

Hexagon Geospatial