How does what 3 words work in an emergency?

A caller or emergency colleague reports the what3words location for an incident. The recipient enters it into what3words' online map, app or directly into the CAD software. The responding team navigates to that exact location using the app.

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.

How does what 3 words work?

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.

How does what 3 words work without signal?

Without phone signal, the app functions the same as when you have no data connection: you can view the location of any what3words address you enter. You can also navigate to it using compass mode. To share a what3words address over the phone or in a text message you need phone signal.

What are the three words to 911?

When a caller dials 911, the what3words address of their current location will be securely delivered to ECCs via RapidSOS. Telecommunicators will be able to see this information displayed directly on their screens on the RapidSOS Platform.

How to use What3Words

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.

How accurate is what 3 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 do you find someone using 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.

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.

Is what3words app free?

Our Website and Apps are made available free of charge to use (whether for personal use or for business use). We want people to be using 3 word addresses as a way of communicating location.

Does WAZE use what3words?

Navigating via the what3words app

You can also simply enter your destination's what3words address into the what3words app, then tap 'Navigate' to get directions in your favourite apps such as Google Maps, Waze or Navmii.

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 are the three word mistakes?

By making a single character error in a What3Words address, there is a significant chance that the location will change to another that is less than 5km away. This level of error is dangerous and difficult to detect. In my opinion, this makes it unsuitable for use in emergency situations.

Does the AA use what3words?

AA customers can now provide their what3words address during a breakdown to help identify their location faster.

What is a 3 word address?

what3words is a really quick and simple way to find, share and save exact locations. The system converts GPS coordinates into 3 word addresses. For our own website and apps, we usually use Google Maps, which means that during a street address search on what3words, Google will point you to where it lies on its map.

Does Google Maps Recognise what3words?

The what3words grid can be displayed on top of a Google Map by passing GeoJSON data to the maps Dataobject.

What are the first three words you see?

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

What three words have a blue dot?

The blue location dot will move around a little as the GPS signal tries to interpret exactly where you are. This will be more difficult if you are surrounded by tall buildings, for example, or indoors where the GPS signal is less effective.

How many squares is what3words?

As mentioned above, what3words has around 57 trillion squares each with unique 3 word addresses around the world.

How does what 3 words make money?

We make money by licensing our API to businesses.

Businesses can access what3words functionality through our Public API or our Enterprise Suite (which includes SDKs for offline use). But what are we actually selling? We charge businesses to license our code for turning what3words addresses into GPS coordinates.

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.

What are the three Google words?

Tapping the Google Maps API, What3words serves up a Web, Android and iOS app, each letting you search for and identify locations based around, well, three words. It's touted as a new universal address system, designed to make it easier, and more accurate, to describe exact locations anywhere on Earth.