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Yes , as I said it may catch on especially in UK.
It is a well thought out system and sufficiently detailed/accurate.
The nominated (imperfect) square is quite small.
Eg my 3 bed house is covered by 6 full squares plus a few partial squares.
The square is imperfect due to the earth's, curvature rather than any flaw.
Given the emergency services are good with it (and I suspect delivery services will also take it on-board) It may well become the "Go To" system (Pun intended)
 
Crapy Orrid Northampton.
Nearest you’ll get from me. Not read the whole of this thread. Am I the only one who thinks that putting your house on a public site not to be a great idea. As Motorhomer’s , we go away when we can. So a picture showing a camper, an an address without, mmmm, says Mr Thief, they’re away, let’s see what they’ve got.
Just noticed #27. Great minds?
 
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We have identified the three word for the entrance gate to the park where we have a holiday home, following Dave's last collapse when the emergency services had trouble finding us. The coordinates are quite hard to give in a stressful situation, I gave very specific instructions but they used the phone signal to get to us, and unfortunately it did not take them to a gate. Delayed ten minutes for crew to start giving aid. The park have now contacted all services, as well as giving each owner the three words. Didn't make a difference to Dave but could have been life and death. Useful in our case.
 
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Crapy Orrid Northampton.
Nearest you’ll get from me. Not read the whole of this thread. Am I the only one who thinks that putting your house on a public site not to be a great idea. As Motorhomer’s , we go away when we can. So a picture showing a camper, an an address without, mmmm, says Mr Thief, they’re away, let’s see what they’ve got.
Just noticed #27. Great minds?
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Yeh you should have read the thread it’s been said a few times 😂😂
 
Maybe to be aware of if you give your location from a uk app to a Frenchman using his french version it will take you somewhere else.
 
jagmanx said:
It is just a trendy overlay... NOT knocking it as for many it is more friendly than proper co-ords.
So very handy especially for those who have "number dyslexia" or similar.
But you have to spell the words correctly !
Yes a potential life saver and its accuracy is good.
Remember satnavs and phones can display and use co-ordinates...I prefer degrees decimal rather than deg min secs. All 3 methods are simply a grid overlay. Just different ways of identifying an area.
In a similar way feet and inches or metric lengths.
Some prefer one some the other. I use both depending on the situation. It will be interesting to see how widespread W3W becomes...especially in non-english areas.
I suspect if you breakdown abroad...the (foreign) breakdown agency would prefer decimal degrees !
(As well as road, town etc)
Ps my W3W is location,location,location...
Or phil,and,kirsty ?
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Agree that W3W is a 'human' friendly and useful system but it is also a commercial venture and will survive for as long as it makes a profit. WGS84 (the longitude and latitude degrees system) is an internationally agreed standard upon which, for example, the whole of maritime navigation relies and is independent of commercial pressures.
 
number14 said:
Agree that W3W is a 'human' friendly and useful system but it is also a commercial venture and will survive for as long as it makes a profit. WGS84 (the longitude and latitude degrees system) is an internationally agreed standard upon which, for example, the whole of maritime navigation relies and is independent of commercial pressures.
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Is there a website link or app for this @number14 ?
 
Its owned by google and after looking into it found it to be no more than spyware probing your sys and details, not for me thank you.
 
number14 said:
Agree that W3W is a 'human' friendly and useful system but it is also a commercial venture and will survive for as long as it makes a profit. WGS84 (the longitude and latitude degrees system) is an internationally agreed standard upon which, for example, the whole of maritime navigation relies and is independent of commercial pressures.
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I think the W3W app is better for none drivers without sat Nav’s used a lot for hikers mountain rescue and cyclists if you come off your bike in the middle of a forest it gives your exact location and is easier to use .
 
It has been around a few years now. Could not understand why it has taken so long to get going. A brilliant tool for all. I always ask delivery drivers if they use it but not many heard about it. The next step would be a box to populate on on-line order forms. (y)
 
myvanwy said:
It has been around a few years now. Could not understand why it has taken so long to get going. A brilliant tool for all. I always ask delivery drivers if they use it but not many heard about it. The next step would be a box to populate on on-line order forms. (y)
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It’s now advertised on tv and on most online advertising so it’s getting more use than ever I was surprised when I broke down a couple of years back that the RAC asked me if I knew my exact location using W3W I had only just started using it felt really good when I gave them my exact square 😂 this was before I had learned to use co-ords on my co-pilot on my phone.
 
Trotter said:
Sometimes life gets in the way 🙄
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When I said life gets in the way, what I really meant was, we are still looking after our Granddaughter, while our daughter is bone idle, sorry poorly 🤮
Love the kiddie to bits, but looking after a child going through the terrible two’s at 72, is challenging. Still Nik idolises her, nackering, but given her a reason to be a happy bunny.
 
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