What three words

[DJP]

Just installed this earlier today as my wife said all the ambulance crews at the hospital where she works are encouraging members of the public to install it.

@DJP's wife says otherwise. No harm in downloading it anyway. It looks potentially really useful.

there are aware of it but no way to implement it on there side

Apologies all. Just checked her earlier message to me and she actually said "Emergency Services" not "Ambulance Service".

 

[ilovehorswill]

This sounds really useful

What3words: The app that can save your life

Police want everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already saved several lives.

www.bbc.co.uk

Outstanding idea if you don't do longitude/latitude which lets face it most of us don't

Don’t most phones come with Google maps on?

Dropped pin then read the grid ref.

(54.6647841, -1.9345241)

Hamsterley Forest.

I’m sure the emergency services can use this data.

Much snappier to use than three words when you're lost and under pressure

You should get that copyrighted

 

[Cockney Mackem]

Soapy. Tit. Wank

 

[zwartekat]

Not if you have no data signal and only mobile.

It says the app doesn't need a mobile signal although you'd still need someone to physically go and pass on the location information. Still probably better than 'somewhere up that mountain'.

 

[girojim]

Tbf she looks like the type who would get into a flap if she got lost in the Metro centre

I'd like to get in her flaps

 

[rokerexile]

It says the app doesn't need a mobile signal although you'd still need someone to physically go and pass on the location information. Still probably better than 'somewhere up that mountain'.

Exactly! The someone passing on the information doesn't need to go all the way to the emergency services location, just somewhere with a mobile signal so that they can phone them. Bloody good idea IMHO, the more it catches on the more useful it will become.

 

[Suspender Sue]

Fat Geordie Bastard.

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[Some Random Guy]

Not if you have no data signal and only mobile.

Would you be able to drop that pin without mobile data?

Regardless, 3 words are easier to remember and pass on than two strings of numbers.

 

[MonkeyLove]

It's a great app

 

[CatRyan]

Don’t most phones come with Google maps on?

Dropped pin then read the grid ref.

(54.6647841, -1.9345241)

Hamsterley Forest.

I’m sure the emergency services can use this data.

I'd do this

 

[rokerman]

Its a great idea.
When I go wild camping I can tell the missus where I am going with 3 words rather than a complicated grid ref.

Every little helps.

 

[Keawyeds]

Mind The Gap?

 

[ivanthereasonable]

Read it earlier. Inventor said he tried Lat/long first, but didn't catch on. Sounds quite a good idea to me.

It'd be good for undercover cops letting the crims location known. Though you might need to explain who you are texting.

Would it work at sea if you're lost. Can you get a signal in say the North sea ?

 

[Napoleon Dynamite]

Bring me crisps

 

[Kevj]

It says the app doesn't need a mobile signal although you'd still need someone to physically go and pass on the location information. Still probably better than 'somewhere up that mountain'.

My point is, you need signal to download the app if you don’t already have it and your phone will have some form of maps installed.

 

[DurhamRedStripe]

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A.five.pinter

 

[Teed]

Don't have one. (smart phone)

 

[Junior Birdman]

My mates three favourite words of all time.

Moist. Girth. Penetration.

 

[Churchlanelad]

It sounds a great idea and I will install it when I’ve finished on here. We go walking a lot and you never know.

 

[PJH]

It's a great app

I'm reading this in an Admiral Akbar voice for some reaon.