Anyone else discovered what3words? A great app for sharing anchorage locations

[PEJ]

I read Farmers Weekly and there was an article about a app called what3words . Farmers often have difficulty directing some one to a remote location in a featureless landscape. Well some people have divided the entire world in to a 3m x 3m grid and given each square a unique 3 word code. So to pass on a location you just give the other person 3 words and using the app or the website they have the precise location you want to share.

Great for sharing anchorage locations.

If you want to know where I was when I took my avatar photo click here https://w3w.co/sledges.rebuilding.nodded or if you have app already just type in sledges.rebuilding.nodded

I posted this photo in another thread the other day : I was here at the time https://w3w.co/slips.adder.unsaved


I must get the pizza delivery people to start using this app, they can never find my house!

If you want to give me a hand unblocking a land drain this weekend I'll be at contracts.cubic.beamed

 

[BruceK]

That's really neat. :encouragement: Not that I'd use it for sharing my anchorage, that's a step to far. I was amazed at looking at a sattelite image of my boat that it occupies several of these address blocks. That's extraordinary granularity

 

[longjohnsilver]

I believe that the emergency services are already using it.

 

[Rustyknight]

As an alternative, there's an app called "OS Locate" which gives a grid referance....

 

[mm42]

I believe that the emergency services are already using it.

Yep, a lot of control rooms have embraced it. Non mariners can’t be expected to confidently give an accurate lat and long in a stressful situation and this resolves that.

 

[Croftie]

I think a lot of canal boaters use it to pinpoint where they are on the system for various reasons such as meeting up with friends or even deliveries.

 

[Hadenough]

Been using it for a while. Was really disappointed to find that glug.glug.glug is on dry land somewhere in Australia.

 

[Croftie]

Tesco, can you deliver my groceries to https://w3w.co/aldi.morrison.waitrose ?

 

[MapisM]

Niiice, many thanks for the pointer! Could be useful also aside from boating, btw.
If you fancy a non-virtual drink, I'd be happy to oblige at hinted.discount.unplugs! :encouragement:

 

[markc]

I remember reading about this a couple of years ago. Such an elegant and simple idea. In a similar vein to MapisM, my passarelle is at trodden.legislators.slurred

 

[MapisM]

Yeah, the boat in that spot is indeed a F165, on the sat image! :encouragement:
Mine ain't so updated - I didn't move to the dark side, just in case anyone is wondering!