Do you know where you are?

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!

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

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.

I’ll give it another go but it seemed a bit of a faff after I’d downloaded it.

so glad to hear you are all in favour of what3words. My son is one of the directors of the company!! He was university with the guy who thought it all up. For anyone who out there who doesn't understand how it works, I'd say google it! Loads of emergency services all over the country are now using it. It is used in all sorts of places all over the world.

I loaded the app awhile ago and when out randomly check it out of curiosity but I loaded it for just such an occasion as you mention, luckily not had to use it

Will definitely look into it.

This app is wonderful technology , and becoming more and more in use. Delivery drivers use it for actual door locations rather than addresses. and it is very useful for search and rescue operations. For hikers and boaters it can save the battery use on phones while waiting for help to arrive.

Hi Ladies. How does what3words work. I’ve just had to put in mine and my brothers address to get the 3 words for our locations so how would that work if We broke down in the middle of nowhere ?

Well said. I have used What3Words for a while now. I use it for deliveries to my house. The police now use it here - great idea.
I tell people to use it to report potholes to the council too. At least it gets them to the right pothole!

Yep excellent app, most usefully used to direct fire brigade to a grass fire on a mountainside and also find husband who was hanging about somewhere in Nottingham hoping for a lift , and neither of us knew the city at all never mind the postcode

Minimoon

One of our local courier's has asked everyone to use this under the notes field. Love the app

Had heard of this so looked at the App. Downloaded now. Had an incident only last week on day of the storm when car broke down. Had to summon recovery service. Fortunately I did know where I was but did think what if I hadn't. Hopefully never need the App but can see how useful it would be.

I downloaded W3W app and couldn’t understand how it works so deleted it. Thick moi.
I do have mapping on my phone which is accurate anyway.

My newish car has an emergency call setting on the screen that alerts emergency services as soon as you click on it apparently ?
I already have What3Words on my phone so I should be well covered if I need help.

On an average day I have trouble knowing who I am let alone where I am or even what I am doing there

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

For some reason I cannot get this app to download to my phone! Given up after getting very annoyed with it not showing up!

Elizabeth27

Just type where am I into search and it will show you on a map.

What a good idea, I thought, so I tried it. I am sitting in my living room, but my phone thinks I am in Church a mile away. I was there on Sunday, but today is Tuesday, surely my phone should have calibrated where I am now?

Thanks nandad. I've now downloaded this.

The control rooms use mobile phone tower triangulation to determine your location. If its an area with a lot of towers that can be very accurate but if there's not many and they are some distance from each other then it gives a bigger possible area.

I have this app now because we also came across an accident where a lady had been thrown from a horse. The ambulance control needed the location but we were just out for a drive in an unknown area. As luck would have it a farmer came by on his tractor and knew the name of the road. I had always thought, from tv films etc that they could trace my location from my phone signal but they cannot do this.

Shandy57
I have What3Words and also ICE with husband, Daughter and Son all listed. Not had to use any yet but useful to know they are there if needed.

I downloaded the App to my phone and tablet. It gives different words for the two devices. Anybody know why?

The what3words app can also display grid references.
Just go into settings > display settings snd choose what other options you’d like to display.