Or install an emergency app that sends the coordinates for you
It could pick up the fact you've called the emergency services and do it automatically.
TBH I don't think that W3W is inherently a bad idea, I just think it's being touted as a global panacea without any regard for its limitations.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Thu 21 Oct 2021, 21:17,
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Hmmm.
You’re overlooking the fact that w3w seems clever, easy to understand, and accessible to simpletons like me. Call it good marketing, whatever, it works as a means of supplying a very precise location quickly and easily. I’m sure there are better ways to do that, but will they cut through?
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 21 Oct 2021, 22:46,
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Exactly this
..Whatever you think of their business practices, the three words idea is brilliant - simple, memorable and effective for communicating your precise location by voice, text or whatever.
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