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Do you know where you are?

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nandad Sun 27-Feb-22 20:47:30

Today we were the first to arrive at a road traffic accident. We only had a vague idea of our location as did the 4 people in the car behind. The emergency operator kept pushing us for our actual location, then I remembered my husband, who was down the hill directing traffic, had the What3Words app on his phone. Ambulance arrived within minutes. After statements were taken the police and ambulance told us that they were able to find us so quickly because of What3Words.
Please, I urge you to download this app. I don’t download anything onto my phone but it was the first thing I did when we got home. My husband has had it for ages but was a bit sceptical about its usefulness, it could have saved someone’s life today.

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nandad Tue 01-Mar-22 22:30:32

Duvetdiva

Just download the app What3Words and stop being so pompous people!

Thank you Duvetdiva and others who have been positive about this. There are alternatives but many wouldn’t have worked in the area we were in. I was relaying what the ambulance service and police said to me, that it was the fact that we had used W3W that had allowed them to get to us so quickly. The first responders were actually a charity who were out of area and were returning from another emergency but due to the diversions were close by. I had started to feel that for some people it had become a case of oneupmanship.

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Tamayra Tue 01-Mar-22 22:45:53

Whilst scary evacuating during the bush fires my sons were able to track my car location via my man bike app & talk me thro the drama It was so helpful as I was literally driving thro the fires for hours

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Thisismyname1953 Thu 03-Mar-22 13:54:26

Yes, a map can show you where you are but if you’re in the middle of nowhere What Three Words can pinpoint you to about 9 square feet. On my phone it can show if I’m in the front or the back of my house , it’s that accurate!

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