what3words Anmeldelser 291

What an amazing app. A must for anyone anywhere. Great for walking in the countryside in case you have an accident.

During the pandemic my nan died, and due to travel restrictions I couldn't be at her funeral. When her ashes were scattered I was self-isolating for an operation, and so I missed that opportunity to say goodbye. My mum noted down the w3w location for me to be able to pay my respects quietly once that was done. However, what she noted down wasn't quite right and placed me a few hundred miles off the west coast of Africa. I figured I could take what she noted down and find the nearest spot with a similar w3w location given how it's supposed to be unique and words spread out. NOPE. There's no way of looking at a close map with the squares labelled. It would be easy for them to do but the company, being a for-profit company, don't want to provide such functionality as it could eat into their business model. And as a result it took me 8 months to manage to get my elderly mother and I to the rough location and try and piece together the right place from the photos she took on the day, and there's no guarantee that we found it.

The idea behind it is ok but being privately operated and a closed system with a wordlist full of homophones and plurals means that what their PR machine tries to convey is pretty far from not being able to say a final goodbye to your grandmother.

Getestet und gleich wieder weg damit. Wenn diese 3 Wörter wenigstens was mit dem Ort zu tun hätten. Aber die sind völlig sinnfrei. Dadurch wird man sich bestimmte Adressen eher nicht merken. Man müsste also mit der richtigen Adresse die 3 Wort Adressen suchen. Absoluter Blödsinn das Ganze. Da bleibe ich doch lieber bei der normalen Suche. damit habe ich bisher alles gefunden....ist sogar immer sehr genau.

I use what3words within the products that I produce, I’m a professional landscape photographer and I share locations in calendars and books via the 3 word address so others can find the views… it proves popular and people are genuinely interested in how it works and how to find the views and go on to try the app.

Used it also to call in a woodland fire that would otherwise been hard to pinpoint at the time. All in all really useful.

Everytime I access what 3 words it shows a different 3 words for my address. Is this right?

Useless app, people have relied on it out on the fells and it's inaccuracies has literally nearly cost lives

Useless have broken down twice in the last 2 months in different vehicles. Called the Aa as a member faffing around with it on my iPhone with directions from AA advisor was in a dangerous position also and after being on the phone for 45 mins messing around trying to get the words ! I said I'm right next to Halfords on the main road you can't miss me look for the traffic !
Second time broke down on M3 motorway again phoned AA had what 3 words on my other phone gave them the location the words it said and correct spelling!
AA van went on a303 totally missing me I mean for god's sake what's the point !
When the patrol finally turned up even he said it's useless and more hassle than it's worth - why can't I just share my location with AA instead of this useless rubbish.

No response from app, good idea that doesn't work

VERY HAPPY I DOWNLOADED THIS APP.
EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN EMERGENCIES

Broke down on the motorway, lone hysterical woman phoned the AA for emergency recovery. Customer services asked am I traveling north or south. Yes something I really should have known but I had no idea. gave them the 3 words and 💥 BOOM 🥰 they knew exactly where I was. I recommend all parents to get their families to download this. I laughed when I first heard about it BUT was extremely thankful I had it when needed.
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Es ist einfach nur Müll. Dazu noch die nervige Werbung. Ich hätte auch 3 Worte dazu ......

Brilliant little app, I live in a very difficult location to find, sat nav only comes to main entrance half a mile away, this app brings a visitor/delivery to my doorstep. Easy to save regularly used locations and can pinpoint where a digital photo was taken. Thoroughly recommended.

Utter waste of time
Closed protocol used to make money
GPS is the only reliable way of position fixing. You can’t save locations and what if you don’t remember the 3 words of your destination correctly?
Google maps gives you gps coordinates. Learn to read them and you’ll know exactly where you are….

This is a fantastic app and one that could potentially save your life. 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. It can be used in certain sat nav systems and as more and more people and companies use this app it will revolutionise the way that we travel, meet friends etc. Just give it a try and you will be amazed!

Trying to figure out how this is better then latitude and longitude or GPS?
Failling to see why this is useful.

Brilliant app - used it when I broke down and wasn’t sure exactly where I was. Everyone needs this!

Excellent app. Saves lives. I think this will take over all things location based

Sie denken sie bekommen mich mit dem Spruch: ungenaue Ortsangaben sind einfach nervig. In Wirklichkeit is die viele Werbung von what3words das einzig nervige.

I only downloaded the app a week before we were having a weeks holiday in Cornwall. Am I glad I did. My husband and I were on a coastal walk from Mousehole to Lamorna Cove when I slipped and broke my right ankle. The emergency services were called, they asked if I had what3words on my phone. I said yes, I pressed the app & 3 words appeared. The words were given to the operator to which they replied we have your location. An air ambulance was with me within 1/2 hour. Thank God for the app as it could have been much longer if they had not got my location.