Is what3words 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.
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How is what3words better than GPS?

They are easier to remember, and quicker and easier to say over the phone, or to enter into a device or navigation system by voice or text. what3words has error-prevention technology which helps users quickly identify and correct input mistakes.
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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.
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Why you shouldn't use what3words?

Out of the 40,000 words, 7,697 also exist in their plural form. That means that 15,924 out of the 40,000 can be confused by misreading, mishearing, or mistyping a single letter “s”. That's 40% of the available words! Over 75% of What3Words addresses contain words that can be confused in this way.
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Is the what3words app any good?

A brilliant app

It will pinpoint your location to a 3m x 3m square and it will enable people to locate you in an emergency. It is also great for delivery companies that use this app as they can locate your location very easily, especially in rural locations, making it better for everyone.
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Does what3words cost anything?

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.
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Does what3words cost?

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.
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Does uber use what3words?

Uber is another company making the most of what3words. This means to order an Uber to your exact location, you simply need to say three words and you never have to worry again…
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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.
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Is what3words secure?

For example, we provide HTTPS to ensure communication to/from what3words is securely encrypted.
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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.
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Which apps use what3words?

If you want to go to a specific location based on what3words coordinates, their website and apps reroute you to a third-party navigation service like Google Maps, Citymapper, Waze, and Bing Maps. The goal of what3words is to create a location system made for the modern world.
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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.
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How is using what3words different than dropping a location pin on Whatsapp?

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.
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Do ambulances use what3words?

The app is available in over 45 languages, including Welsh, and can be used anywhere in the world. what3words is now used by over 85% of UK emergency services – police, fire and ambulance – and all services surveyed described what3words as 'a reliable tool to have as part of the emergency toolkit'.
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Does Apple Maps use what3words?

Apple Maps is now the default mapping provider for all iOS what3words users. what3words claims this is possible because Apple Maps has gone through a significant redesign over the past year, with better road coverage and detailed land cover introduced, alongside more three-dimensional buildings and mapped green areas.
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Does what3words 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. Did this answer your question?
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What are the three word benefits?

What are the benefits of what3words addresses?
  • They're easy to communicate. what3words addresses are easy to remember and to say over the phone or radio. ...
  • You get the correct location every time. ...
  • They're in your language. ...
  • They're easy to integrate into existing technology.
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What are the three words of revenue?

Estimated Revenue & Valuation
  • what3words's estimated annual revenue is currently $46M per year.( i)
  • what3words's estimated revenue per employee is $155,875.
  • what3words's total funding is $56.9M.
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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).
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How popular is what3words?

what3words users

We know it has been downloaded over 10 million times on iOS and Android.
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Is what3words used in the United States?

London-based What3words offers its service free to emergency services, and it's persuaded more than three quarters of UK emergency services to use it. Now it's got a foothold in North American customers, What3words plans to announce Tuesday.
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How many countries use what3words?

Kiribati is the eight country to adopt what3words as an addressed standard, along with Mongolia, Sint-Maarten, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Tonga, Nigeria and Solomon Islands.
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Who uses What3Words in the UK?

Please note, what3words is accepted by over 80% of UK emergency services. While it is used by some services in other countries, use is not yet widespread outside of the UK. In an emergency, you should call 999 and give the call handler the what3words address for where help is needed.
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