What are the three navigation words?

what3words is an innovative addressing system which has divided the world into a grid of 3-meter squares and given each square a unique combination of three words: a what3words address. For example, HERE's Chicago office can be found at ///memory. traps. lease.
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Can you navigate with what 3 words?

Android Auto & Apple CarPlay

Connect your phone (via cable or Bluetooth) to your car. Open the what3words app. Say or type the what3words address of your destination. Select the usual 'Navigate' icon and then the navigation provider you'd like to use.
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How do you use 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.
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What is 3 words or GPS?

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.
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Do emergency services use what 3 words?

What3Words (W3W) gives each square a unique three-word address, and the app is used by 100 UK emergency services. But a security consultant found thousands of locations with similar words less than 1km (0.6 miles) apart.
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How many words does what 3 words use?

What3words removed any hyphenated words, curse words, and homophones. That left the team with 40,000 words, which composed some 64 trillion unique three-word combinations. Since the Earth has room for 57 trillion 3-meter squares on its surface, that left a few trillion extras lying around.
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What are some 3 letter words?

Category:English three-letter words
  • ham.
  • jam.
  • sac.
  • gel.
  • get.
  • goy.
  • gal.
  • guy.
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Who invented What 3 words?

Founded by Chris Sheldrick, Jack Waley-Cohen, Mohan Ganesalingam and Michael Dent, what3words was launched in July 2013. Sheldrick and Ganesalingam conceived the idea when Sheldrick, working as an event organizer, struggled to get bands and equipment to music venues using inadequate address information.
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What are the three words of longitude and latitude?

Open the menu and select Settings. Tap display settings and then select the format you'd like Latitude and Longitude to be shown in. The preview box will then show you how this appears. You can also open the menu and tap 'Settings', then 'Share Settings'.
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What are the first three words you see?

First three words you see are your reality. Mine are "Creation, Love, Gratitude".
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Can you use what 3 words in Google Maps?

What3words is available on the Web, Android and iOS now.
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What are the three words on Tomtom?

With what3words, drivers are able to navigate to any precise location – as specific as a side door, gate or parking spot. Equally, destinations that previously have been unaddressed now have a simple, reliable and easy-to-remember 3 word address'. Looking to give your drivers a better experience?
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How does the three word navigation system work?

  1. Enter a 3 word address into the search bar by voice or text, just like a street address.
  2. Our technology converts 3 word addresses into GPS coordinates, which are pinned to the map.
  3. Easily navigate to any 3m x 3m location in the world.
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How do I use what3words in Nexon?

Using what3words in your car
  1. Get the what3words address for your destination.
  2. Tap ///what3words and enter the three words by voice or text.
  3. Start navigating to your precise destination.
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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.
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What are the three words to mountain rescue?

Mountain rescuers have questioned the accuracy of using a location app, citing dozens of examples where the wrong address was given to their teams. 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.
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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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How many 3 letters words are there?

How many 3 letter words are there in English? The Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary, Volume 6, lists 1,065 three-letter words.
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What is the word of 3?

ternary, third, treble, trilateral, trinitarian, triple, ternion, triad, trichotomy, trilogy, trinity, trio, triplet, triplicate, triplicity, triumvirate, trivium, troika, pyramidal, ternate.
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How Do 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.
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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.
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