Im totally blind. How does a person who is totally blind select where they are on the map??? GPS on the device finds the person & the person selects on the map what is the closest to them. With this info the 3 words are displayed. My 14y/o described the app like above.
Couldnt convince her to leave her swing perch, to see if the 3 words would change if she were to go inside. Donna > > This makes no sense to me, if as they said Mongolia is adopting this system > for postal codes then how can this work if the words are changing. > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Merv > Keck > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 7:06 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: What 3words, The app that can save your life > > I was curious about that myself. My three words changed at least five times > even though I never moved an inch. I wouldn’t know which three words to give > and how they would find me if the words kept changing. > Merv > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Vivian > Conger > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 9:52 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: What 3words, The app that can save your life > > That’s what I found out too. Last night the 3 words were trendy, melt, and > rent and tonight they were closer, dart and like. > > I’d love to know how the police would know exactly where you are if the words > keep changing. > > Vivian and Sallie > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Cris > Ali > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 5:04 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: What 3words, The app that can save your life > > By the way, the three words for any particular address are not perminent. > They change quite frequently. For this reason, before you give a three words > address to any one, one has to check the three words at the time they need to > determine their exact location. For example, if the three words address to > your backyard now is cat.dog.bird, after half an hour the words could become, > car.shop.mouse. This is what I noticed, so please correct me if you have a > different experience. > > Regards > > Cris > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 16, 2019, at 4:02 PM, Vivian Conger <blazie.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I also installed it and found out what 3 words are for my house. I will see > if my police department has it and uses it. > > I didn’t notice the duplicate English USA but if it was there, I just > selected the first one I came to. > > Vivian and Sallie > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mike B. > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 9:35 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: What 3words, The app that can save your life > > Hi Robin, > > I installed it and it seems to be accessible to some degree, but there are > buttons that are not described and I'm not sure what they do. Also when > choosing your language English United States is there twice and it's not > clear which one you're supposed to select. This is not the only language > that has double choices. No, I haven't used it, per say, I'll try it if I > get lost between my man-cave and the bedroom! LOL LOL > > Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Go dodgers! > I believe that everything happens for a reason. Usually, the reason is that > somebody screwed up. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robin Frost > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 5:47 PM > Subject: Re: What 3words, The app that can save your life > > Have you used it? Is it accessible? I’ll have a look now for fun. > Robin > > From: Mike B. > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:18 PM > To: VIPhone > Subject: What 3words, The app that can save your life > > Howdy y'all, > > I came across this and thought it was worth sharing. This app is in the App > Store. > > From: Allan > > What3words: The app that can save your life > > By Duncan Leatherdale > BBC News > > Firefighter at fire with what3words grid showing location nameImage copyright > What3words > Image caption > What3words divides the world into 57 trillion squares, each with a unique > three-word address > > Police have urged everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already > saved several lives. What is it and how does it work? > > Kicked. Converged. Soccer. > > These three randomly chosen words saved Jess Tinsley and her friends after > they got lost in a forest on a dark, wet night. > > They had planned a five-mile circular stroll through the 4,900 acre (2,000 > hectare) woodland Hamsterley Forest, in County Durham, on Sunday evening, but > after three hours they were hopelessly lost. > > "We were in a field and had no idea where we were," the 24-year-old care > worker from Newton Aycliffe said. > > "It was absolutely horrendous. I was joking about it and trying to laugh > because I knew if I didn't laugh I would cry." > > Picture of Jess Tinsley and her Jess and her friend in forestImage copyright > Jess Tinsley > Image caption > Jess Tinsley dialled 999 after getting lost - and was told to download an app > to her smartphone > > At 22:30 BST they found a spot with phone signal and dialled 999. > > "One of the first things the call-handler told us to do was download the > what3words app," Ms Tinsley said. > > "I had never heard of it." > > Within a minute of its download, the police said they knew where the group > was and the soaked and freezing walkers were swiftly found by the Teesdale > and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team. > > Hamsterley Forest > Image caption > Hamsterley Forest covers a large area of County Durham > > "I have told everyone I know to download this app," Ms Tinsley said. > > "You never know when you are going to get lost and need it." > > What3words essentially points to a very specific location. > > Its developers divided the world into 57 trillion squares, each measuring 3m > by 3m (10ft by 10ft) and each having a unique, randomly assigned three-word > address. > > For example, the door of 10 Downing Street is slurs.this.shark, while the > area across the road where the press congregate is stage.pushy.nuns. > > It was born out of company founder Chris Sheldrick's postal-related problems > growing up in rural Hertfordshire. > > "Our postcode did not point to our house," he said. > > "We got used to getting post meant for other people, or having to stand in > the road to flag down delivery drivers." > > Chris SheldrickImage copyright What3words > Image caption > Chris Sheldrick founded what3words in 2013 > > Ten years in the music industry, which involved trying to get bands to meet > at specific entrances to their venues, also fuelled his frustration. > > "I tried to get people to use longitude and latitude but that never caught > on," Mr Sheldrick said. > > "It got me thinking, how can you compress 16 digits into something much more > user friendly? > > "I was speaking to a mathematician and we found there were enough > combinations of three words for every location in the world." > > In fact, 40,000 words was enough. > > The company started in 2013 and now employs more than 100 people at its base > in Royal Oak, west London. > > Mongolia has adopted what3words for its postal service, while Lonely Planet's > guide for the country gives three word addresses for its points of interest. > > Mongolia's capital city UlaanbaatarImage copyright Getty Images > Image caption > Mongolia has adopted what3words for its postal system > > Mercedes Benz has also included its system in its cars and what3words is now > being used in 35 languages. > > But still, not enough people know about it according to Lee Wilkes, a crew > manager for Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service, one of 35 English and Welsh > emergency services to have signed up to the system. > > "It cuts out all ambiguity about where we need to be," he said. > > Tackling fires in large rural expanses, for example on moors, will be helped > by the system, Mr Wilkes said. > > Close up of Lonely Planet entryImage copyright Lonely Planet > Image caption > Lonely Planet uses what3words addresses for Mongolian points of interest > > "Instead of saying 'meet at the gate and then get directed from there,' we > can be absolutely specific about where our crew needs to get to," Mr Wilkes > said. > > "It will make for a much more effective service. We are quite excited about > it. > > "It would be flippant of me to say this will become commonplace but I really > do think it could be. > > "I just cannot see a downside." > > The green Great Langdale Valley, Lake DistrictImage copyright Getty Images > Image caption > People who find themselves needing help in remote areas can use the app to > direct emergency services to them, police say > > If people do not have the app, the emergency services can send a text message > containing a web link to their phones. > > But that requires a signal (85% of the country is said to have a 4G > connection). The app does not need a phone signal to tell someone their > three-word location, however. > > "Say there was a group up a mountain and one got injured," Mr Sheldrick said. > > "They haven't got any signal to call for help, but they can still find out > their three word location. > > "Someone from the group can then take that down and tell the emergency > services, who then know exactly where to go to find the injured person." > > The emergency services are urging people to download the free app. > ◾The killer who believed he would 'get away with it' > ◾Gangs moving away from cities, police data shows > ◾Are road signs telling the whole truth? > > South Yorkshire Police used it to find a 65-year-old man who became trapped > after falling down a railway embankment in Sheffield. > > North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service found a woman who had crashed her car > but was unsure where she was. > > And Humberside Police were able to quickly resolve a hostage situation after > the victim was able to tell officers exactly where she was being held. > > "That was a time critical situation and being able to use a three word > address meant officers could get there much quicker, rescue the hostage and > arrest a man," Mr Sheldrick said. > > "That made us understand how the work we are doing is so important." > > Grid on field where farmer injuredImage copyright What3words > Image caption > The app enables the emergency services to know exactly where they are trying > to get to > > Humberside Police also used the system to find a group of foreign nationals, > including a pregnant woman in labour, who were trapped inside a shipping > container at a port. > > "The port had over 20,000 containers and we knew that we needed to get to > them quickly," said the force's control room supervisor Paul Redshaw. > > The group were told to download the app and they were soon found. > > "There is no doubt in my mind that these incidents could have had very > different outcomes had we not been able to use what3words," Mr Redshaw said. > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49319760 > > Big Al! > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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