How do I find my What 3 words?

Tap on the speech bubble icon in the search bar. Say the three words, without the dots or slashes, and choose the correct result. Tap the scan icon in the search bar to open a scanning window. Frame the what3words address in the indicated area, keeping it still for a few seconds.

Is what3words app free?

what3words is available as a free app for iOS and Android and online map at map.what3words.com.

Does what three words work in Google?

If you're on a desktop computer, you can install an extension for Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox that allows you to type a what3words address into the browser search bar directly.

How do I Navigate to a what three words location?

If you're given a what3words location, you can open it in the what3words app, then tap 'Navigate' and select 'Google Maps' to open the exact location in Google Maps and get directions.

Does What 3 words work anywhere?

The service is available in 193 countries around the world and more than 45 languages.

How to use What3Words

Does what3words cost money?

what3words is free for anyone to use via our app and online map. We make money by charging some businesses that benefit commercially from using our products. For example, what3words built into Mercedes-Benz's cars improves the customer experience for its drivers.

Is what3words more accurate than GPS?

What3words (w3w) is an incredibly simple system that identifies the precise locations of addresses and navigates you to them. It works like the more common GPS but is more accurate and can pinpoint locations that don't have street addresses.

How is using what3words different from using a PIN?

How is what3words different to sharing a pin? A location pin is impossible to describe over the phone or radio, to write down, or to enter into a speech recognition system. what3words offers a more flexible way to pass location information between people and machines or devices, online or offline.

Does What 3 words work at sea?

Every 3m square of the world's seas and oceans have what3words addresses in English and in Korean. All other what3words languages cover land and coastline areas only.

Can you get a postcode from what 3 words?

Postcodes identify a far larger area than the 3m square identified by a what3words address. For this reason, it's not possible to accurately convert a postcode to a what3words address.

Can I use what3words on my laptop?

what3words for PC and Mac

This simple and accurate way to talk about location makes it easier to meet up with friends, discover and tell others about amazing places, and explore the world without getting lost.

What three words sat nav?

Do emergency services use what 3 words?

What3Words (W3W) divides the world into three-by-three metre squares, each with a three-word address. It is free and used by 85% of UK emergency services. Reasons for the errors were not given, but were likely to be things such as mispronunciation or spelling errors.

What are the first three words you see?

First three words you see are your reality. Mine are "Creation, Love, Gratitude".

Who owns what3words?

what3words is owned by its founders, employees and investors, including Intel Capital, Mercedes-Benz, Sony Innovation Fund, Subaru, Aramex, Deutsche Bahn, Ingka Investments, ITV AdVentures Invest and Channel 4 Ventures.

What three words explain?

What3words divides the world into three-metre squares and gives each one a unique three-word address in order for people to be easily found in emergencies, and to give the billions of people without a formal address access to one for the first time.

What are the three words on a route planner?

what3words is the simplest way to talk about location. It has divided the world into 3m x 3m squares, each with a unique 3 word address. It means that now people can refer to any precise location – a delivery entrance, a picnic spot or a drone landing point – using three simple words.

How many what three words are there?

Each what3words language uses a list of 25,000 words (40,000 in English, as it covers sea as well as land).

Is What 3 words better than Google Maps?

Google Maps is a tool for navigation, public transport and for looking up POIs. what3words has a very different function – it's an easy way to communicate exact locations, whether that's spoken over the phone or into a car voice navigation system, or typed into a taxi app or a website checkout page.

How accurate is what three words?

Compared to current street addressing systems, 3 word addresses are far more accurate, as they refer to a specific 3m x 3m area. As the entire what3words grid is fixed, the 3 word address for a particular location will never change even if buildings or streets are redeveloped.

How much does what3words cost in UK?

what3words geocoding

We charge businesses to turn what3words addresses into GPS coordinates. Like other businesses — e.g. Google — we charge a tiny amount per transaction (less than £0.005 per lookup).

Does 999 actually use what3words?

You will need phone signal to call 999 – what3words cannot pass location information directly to the emergency services. You can find your current location on the what3words app, even if you don't have phone signal or a data connection.

What are the three words NHS?

The what3words platform has divided coordinates of the world into a grid of 3m x 3m squares. It has given each square a unique combination of three words - a what3words address, which will take you to a precise location.

What are the three word benefits?