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My colleagues in the East Anglian Air Ambulance... 23:45 - Jul 27 with 683 views

...would like me to remind you that the What3Words app saves lives.

The is all.

https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/framlingham/woman-found-by-ambulance-thanks-to-loc

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My colleagues in the East Anglian Air Ambulance... on 15:43 - Jul 28 with 470 views

Crawfordsboot

Agree it’s a great app. It brings people right to our door, whereas our post code covers a large rural location.
The only problem with emergency services using it in an emergency is that if if you get a letter wrong in a word , e.g. in panic the operator hears green instead of greens, then it could relate to a totally different location, even a different country!

My colleagues in the East Anglian Air Ambulance... on 17:02 - Jul 28 with 398 views

solemio

I like the idea of calling a dog Biscuit.

My colleagues in the East Anglian Air Ambulance... on 17:15 - Jul 28 with 374 views

Rozz

My colleagues in the East Anglian Air Ambulance... on 17:02 - Jul 28 by solemio
I like the idea of calling a dog Biscuit.

You'd have more luck calling the dog.

My colleagues in the East Anglian Air Ambulance... on 17:23 - Jul 28 with 364 views

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My colleagues in the East Anglian Air Ambulance... on 15:43 - Jul 28 by Crawfordsboot
Agree it’s a great app. It brings people right to our door, whereas our post code covers a large rural location. The only problem with emergency services using it in an emergency is that if if you get a letter wrong in a word , e.g. in panic the operator hears green instead of greens, then it could relate to a totally different location, even a different country!

Not even that drastic.

One study found that there were thousands of instances of similar-sounding locations being less than 1km apart:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56901363

I'm agnostic on it. In and of itself it's definitely an incredibly useful tool. However, the attitude of the developers sticks in the craw somewhat, especially given that this is no doubt a big money-maker for them, and the fact that they are incredibly litigious against anyone who dares to make their own version of the system.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/30/what3words-legal-threat-whatfreewords/

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