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Final adjustment on W3W and OSM comparison

The W3W location is slightly off by 1.3 meters west from OSM coordinates, but "safe.cheering.riding" works for the OSM location. I’m considering whether to mention hidden metadata pointing to Charlie Jacobs and explore the connection to Belgium, but it’s not directly public. Also, W3W seems confirmed as "safe.cheering.riding."

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The image metadata gives Belgium via the Google Saint-Ghislain data-center location, matching Google’s Belgian data-center/solar site. (Sustainability) The hidden artist value is Charlie Jacobs, which points to Hotel Jacobs in Bruges; the official hotel page lists Hotel Jacobs Brugge at Baliestraat 1, 8000 Brugge. (Hotel Jacobs)

For the exact hotel point, OpenStreetMap’s node for Jacobs gives 51.2146747, 3.2262796. (OpenStreetMap) I interpreted the “language of the country they are really based in” as English, since What3words Limited’s registered office is in London. (find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk)

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RMCTF{//safe.cheering.riding-Hotel Jacobs}

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