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Have you heard about what3words?
Have you heard about what3words?
Post date
March 2024
This is an app that can easily pinpoint your location by using three unique words. It is free to use and does not require any phone signal or internet connection, once you have downloaded the app. What3words is also available to use on a web browser if you prefer not to download the app (however to do this, requires internet connection).
How does it work?
What3words has allocated every 3-metre squares of the world, a combination of three easy-to-pronounce unique words. These words can be saved and shared with others to allow you to find precise locations, as accurate as GPS coordinates.
For example, the location to our AKC office, is logic.behind.forgives.
This app can be especially useful to farmers and landowners, when a postcode cannot provide an accurate location.
For example, if you find yourself in an emergency, perhaps in the middle of a field and require emergency services, then this app would provide emergency services your precise location, allowing them to reach you as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Key Benefits and Uses:
- Provide an accurate location for emergency services to use when called to areas where postcodes do not work so well
- Pinpoint exact locations of water pipes, drainage etc.
- Help courier services deliver items to specific locations
- Direct on-farm services, rural advisers, and professionals to specific farm locations
- Provide accurate pinpoints for precise walking routes
