loriusgarrulus Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 https://www.deeside.com/what-three-words-app-helps-rescue-teams-located-two-girls-cut-off-by-tide-at-talacre-beach/ Its a really good app and the rescue services are using it now as its so precise. Very handy and much more accurate than a postcode as not everyone seems to be able to use grid references. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 I used this for the first time when I was on the bike, which had decided to misfire, in a large motorway service station carpark. The address postcode only gave the admin area's location, the other side of the motorway, but, with what 3 words, the breakdown service located me precisely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 I’ve been thinking for a while it sounds like a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 This one's controversial. For the vast majority of occasions it works fine, but there have been high profile errors - and errors that aren't explainable, which is even more concerning. Keswick MRT were called out by a couple who'd come across a lone walker with a suspected broken ankle and fired off their (correctly written) W3W, which put them near Braithwaite. Phone tracking tech told a different story and they were found near Green Gable - ten miles away! Base Brown (9) - Keswick Mountain Rescue (keswickmrt.org.uk) A researcher found thousands of examples where the codes were incredibly similar and close together ( circle.goal.leader and circle.goal.leaders are less than 2km apart along the River Thames) but more concerning are the ones like stream.rivers.abode and steam.rivers.abode both in South Yorkshire but 50km apart - enough of a time lag for a serious casualty to go from a serious casualty to a fatality before the error's understood and corrected. App used by emergency services under scrutiny - BBC News It's also predicated on using your smartphone and having enough signal to access data to load the app - and for your phone to have an accurate enough position to give the correct W3W. And it works in 2d, so if the position is wrong by half a km as the crow flies, that could easily put you on the wrong side of a mountain to your rescuers and so completely invisible and several miles away from being accessible to them. It works for a lot of situations, but if you're going into remoter areas, where signal's patchy and rescue difficult, having a full understanding of how to give co ordinates and a separate device to give it to you so you're not relying on your phone's battery to constantly give you position, is a far better option. Then you can give both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Why use a app in first place. Why didnt they check tide times before setting out? A lot of numpties in this country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 17 minutes ago, billytheghillie said: Why use a app in first place. Why didnt they check tide times before setting out? A lot of numpties in this country! No mention of their age, but the reports say girls and not women. None of us were paragons of common sense all of the time when we were young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 I used it once as an afterthought following a breakdown in a remote area with no names. Worked perfectly thankfully as the location could not be found any other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 5 hours ago, amateur said: I used this for the first time when I was on the bike, which had decided to misfire, in a large motorway service station carpark. The address postcode only gave the admin area's location, the other side of the motorway, but, with what 3 words, the breakdown service located me precisely. I thought your bike came with its own dedicated Rickman breakdown service vehicle, that follows you everywhere for the inevitable 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, Jaymo said: I thought your bike came with its own dedicated Rickman breakdown service vehicle, that follows you everywhere for the inevitable 😂 I didn't know Land Rover made Motorbikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 18 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I didn't know Land Rover made Motorbikes! I’m not allowed to mention the JLR follow me around, breakdown vehicles. Apparently JLR owners can get a bit tetchy…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 21 minutes ago, Jaymo said: I thought your bike came with its own dedicated Rickman breakdown service vehicle, that follows you everywhere for the inevitable 😂 Ho ruddy ho. The occasional glitch is far outweighed by the sublime riding experience. 16 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I didn't know Land Rover made Motorbikes! Not a bad analogy. The Rickman off-road bikes were, like Landrovers, the best off-roaders available and generally very reliable. The odd glitch that I have with mine is a direct result of my fitting a detuned race engine in it for the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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