Just my 2 cents worth here; if the location desired is in a city then it is true that a “citified address” will probably be quite suitable.
However, I live in an extremely sparsely populated area in northern Wisconsin and it does seem that pin-pointing one’s location with “What3Words” would have an advantage in such circumstances. There are square miles between where I live on U.S. Highway 2 and the south shore of Lake Superior where the only description you couold offer emergency help is “a few miles from Firelane 236 on Firelane 419.” If immediate help is needed, I’m afraid directions like that just might not cut it. And this is in a relatively domesticated state; imagine how helpful this might be in Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, etc. And I realize that wandering out in such wild regions will likely render a smart phone useless, but do the satellite phones offer such favors? ************ - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - “The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” - Contributor Unknown Bill Gallik [email protected] On Aug 20, 2019, at 8:50 AM, Steve Matzura <[email protected]> wrote: Because cell phone audio is not the best audio in the world, numbers can be misheard. Three words are less likely to be misheard than strings of numbers. There have been many incidents where mishearing has sent first responders to incorrect addresses here in N.Y.C. On 8/17/2019 9:58 AM, Dave Jones wrote: > It is indeed a very interesting concept. However, I am not 100% certain that > I follow its logic. Or perhaps what I mean to say is “follow the point “. Why > complicate things by having to remember words or use words to find an address > when using an address is the best way for someone to find you in most cases? > The address system currently being used has been tried and true for what > seems like forever. Am I also missing something? > -- 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. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/44702a6b-3bcb-7985-f085-2eacd71f1f8a%40gmail.com. -- 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. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/5F8F7E08-BFED-4683-9548-0DE09CF7B421%40icloud.com.
