What3words Navigation App Review
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2019
- What3words is the free app which means you can tell everyone exactly where you are, to the nearest nine square metres, using just three words.
More information: what3words.com/
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Been reading all these negative comments saying it’s a waste of time, or buy a map, or use Find my IPhone etc. I have looked at this some time ago and it is such a clever tool. It’s not replacing what you have but just an easier alternative. If you can’t read maps - and lots of people can’t - or useless with directions or coordinates then this is ideal. It is precise to within 3m so can find anywhere on earth and is great for pinpointing precise locations. The emergency services use it so it can’t be bad. And the app can even direct you like a map
Yes, it's interesting how anti some people are, but I agree with you.
Ever delivery /service engineer /doctor /nurse /postal service /taxi/ in other words everyone should have this app .I live in rural France and have lots of problems with my address
FWIW, at 1:10 it should have been "within a 3 metre square" (= 9 square metres), not "within 3 square metres". But he did warn us about his maths deficiencies.
Ha .... I was wondering how long it would take someone to spot that blooper.
So if you misspell a word, is it gonna take you to the middle of the Pacific??
sorry for slow reply, but no, as I understand it, it will either say no such address, or, if there is an address with the misspelt name, it will be so far away from where you want to be, as to be very obvious!
@@arlo.guthrie
Words that sound similar eg. scents/sense coral/choral and plurals lion/lion's etc can cause problems.....sometimes within 5kms of each other, not far, but in the wrong environment, far enough.......a good app that needs fine tuning.
@@steveross8326 have you got an example of two locations which share similar sounding addresses, because as far as I knew, any ambiguity would place the locations thousands of miles apart.
Better than not having it.
Faceache 😂
I don’t understand why there are so many negative comments on this video. It’s informative, funny and interesting.
Also it’s a great app, my wife broke down in her car on a road in Cheddar Somerset and was able to get the AA to her exact location.
We don’t know Cheddar because we’re from wales, but it really helped her out.
Absolutely fantastic. 🎉
Absolutely brilliant, should be included with every business reference next to their web address.
If you're in a camp ground/caravan site, mark the actual entrance gate with What Three Words. Not where you pitched your tent or caravan.
That only seems obvious when you're trying to get back from the pub and it directs you to a deep lane in Cornwall, in the dark, in fog.
LOL.
When your coordinates go lost in translation.
Great video ,very helpful , explained well.
Thanks Brad, glad you enjoyed it!
Just found it, I thinking about being broke down on a dirt road 15 miles out of town.
Recognised Keyhaven while sat on that wall ⛵️🌊
the problem wiht this is that it is random, and not logical. if you coordinates you can at least have an idea looking at the numbers where that is, or if two locations are likely to be nearby or on similar latitude or longditude, but the words are meaninless and unverifyable, and i don't really understand the point.
The point is that it is much easier to ask a friend to meet me at collected.credited.rumbles, than 51.15019826961419, -2.5721321880850216.
@@arlo.guthrie But that string of words only makes sense if the other person has the app. It's proprietary and arbitrary. The underlying tech behind the navigation and positioning is still GPS. It's just giving a unique set of names to the coordinates at a lower resolution and they're also random and unrelated to each other. Also, why would you manually enter a location at all when Google Maps can automatically detect and share your location with GPS? It just seems like a solution to a problem that never existed. What I would like to know is what can this app do that Google Maps can't?
@@lamenamethefirst You don't need the app, anyone can visit: what3words.com. Coordinates at a lower resolution? Sure, but quite accurate enough unless you're trying to land an aircraft with it. Why would you manually enter a location? You don't. Either the app or the website takes your location automatically and gives you the three words. Why would you share three words with people and not use google maps? Well, Google maps requires you to download an app to share your location, and it's designed to share with friends and family, not, for example, the taxi driver who has come to collect you, or the delivery van, or the emergency services, or anyone who isn't your friend. For them, it's easier just to say 'I'm at banana.elephant.orange'.
This is very cool.
First time hearing about this app. Will definitely be showing this to my mates.
If I open the app three times, setting on the same chair I get three different sets of 3 words .. why ?
Are you indoors? You may not get a good enough GPS signal indoors.
@@arlo.guthrie Thanks for your reply. Yes, I was indoors.
However, I've just tried it outside, sitting on a garden bench. Opened and closed the app three times and each time I get 3 different words.
@@brianmorrison9168 Well I presume that if you did it another three times or six times, or more, you'd get that same variation of 3 combinations, perhaps if your gps isn't getting a good enough signal and it hasn't fixed your position accurately enough?
Hi Brian, Axiomatically, I cannot speak for where you are but, in my experience, it is mega-sensitive. You can go on their web site, look at the map, zoom to your home and check the various squares - even my modest home has many covering it, so I will receive many different readings from one property. My policy is to click as closely as possible to where I am in the knowledge that, if I am a few squares out, that only means a few yards / meteres so anyone could find me even if I am not 100% precise. Cheers.
had lots of fun looking for weird word combinations around the world
great job!!
Spectacular 👌
Couldn't understand anything. Couldn't find my own address.
Don't you still need cellphone coverage to tell people where you are? There must be many remote places which don't have cellphone coverage.
No you don't need coverage once you've downloaded the app/map. Just the same way you can use Google maps offline if you're out of cell coverage.
@@jasong6471 I still don't understand how you can send an e-mail, text message or facebook post to a friend to tell him where you are with the specific three words if you are in a place where there is no cell phone /internet coverage. Is this because I am 82 and in my dotage?
To obtain your position with w3w using GPS - no, to share your then obtained position with someone beyond shouting range - yes :)
The app sends your location details to another party. Both parties need to have installed the app.
If I just want to go to Bournemouth beach, who is going to send me the 3 words? This is where a proper satnav is needed.
If you just want to go to Bournemouth beach, buy a map.
@@arlo.guthrie it's a good idea. But just imagine if Google maps decided to do the same thing but use normal mapping coordinates. Then it's goodbye to your company, isn't it considering their app comes pre installed on most smartphones.
@@ya00007 the app is supposed to be used for 911 calls
I have find my iPhone installed on my phone how would this app work better for me
I’m sorry but I think it’s a waste unless you need it for emergency situations
I think you should have named it ( rescue me )
@@sajidsaber1320 Ha. So you accept that find your iphone is not much help when you want to tell someone exactly where you are (ie in an emergency). There are lots of non-emergency things reasons to want to tell someone exactly where you are. Like at a music festival, meeting a friend. Or somewhere without an address.
Isnt this what longitude and latitude already does? 🤔
Yes, but when you’d dying of a heart attack and shouting instructions for the ambulance, it’s easier to scream: “I’m at banana bottletop caravan” than “I’m at 48.8584° N, 2.2945° E, at the top”. And less margin for error.
Not if the ambulance doesn't have a clue what you are on about, and they need to work out that they need to install an app and then type in the words you said ... by which time you've already died of a heart attack.
What happens if you’re having your heart attack on the 4th floor of your building? Do the medics have to check every floor?
The ambulance crew could always just triangulate your phone, like they usually do, usually the ambulance is on its way towards you before you have given the operator the address
What irish man came up with the idea
It's a good idea but its not the answer to it all. So, Go to "cat.floor.bike" turn left in to "Nappy.house.vent" through "mat.taxi.vest. and horse.lap.vat and grass.smoke.hat" turn right into "screen.keyboard.Television"? Yes that will work, it got me to the other end of my garden. So London cabbies are going to have to learn a few thousand 3 word codes? They wont take you to a postcode but will ask for an address. Can this be fitted on to a paper map? What happens when they make you pay for it (which they will when people use it). Satnavs have already made people map illiterate.
Well you probably will have some difficulty getting a taxi driver to take you to 'screen.keyboard.television'! But joking aside, I don't think anyone is suggesting cabbies will have to memorise 524,000,000 3 word codes (the area of London divided by 3m2). Anyway, a London address works well enough. But as more cabbies have the app on their smartphone and more have it integrated in their satnavs (what3words.com/news/automotive/here-integrates-what3words-into-in-car-navigation-feature/), so it becomes useful for meeting people in places without an accurate address, or a difficult-to-find address. Like half way down one side of a park. No reason to think it will become a paid for service any more than google maps. And sure, satnavs have made people map illiterate. You could say the same about calculators making people innumerate, but we wouldn't suggest ditching them!
@@arlo.guthrie A London cabbie is required to have the knowledge in their head so its irrelevant if its on a smart phone. As I said it's a good idea but is limited and it's biggest failing is it's closed source. With a satnav you can default to a map (with a calculator you can default to pen and paper) with what3words you can default to? Nothing! Without the app screen.keyboard.television is meaningless. I bet you a Cadburys flake that they will make it paid for in time. That's why they are in business. Yes for pinpointing a location it has a use but its not the panacea you seem to suggest. However please do enjoy using it while you can.
No, not suggesting it is a panacea, but please send Flake to: Attention Arlo Guthrie. c/o The Post Office. Mells. UK.
@@arlo.guthrie Oh wow thats a bit premature and anyway address not recognised mills.?.? or don't you have faith in what3words 🤔 Stay safe.
@@dianelawson4037 Doh. Silly me. Flake to: c/o ozone.cracks.typed
Would the police ever know where you are if you happen to say the three words?
I suspect some of the emergency services would, like Mountain Rescue. With the police, you might have to tell them you're using the app.
Hi they have started to use what3words for emergency services in UK ua-cam.com/video/lRGZ0JGTuXU/v-deo.html
I see they have started advertising what3words. There was one on the telly last night. So if the police are not already routinely using it, I guess it won't be long.
Well the Police surely could log in and put in the words in short order.
*9m²
I know, I know ;)
@@arlo.guthrie I was being cheeky, don't mind me
How is this a review of a navigation app??? 🤔
How is it not a review of a navigation app? (although it was one of my first, and clearly I had a lot to learn, especially about how to avoid giving a wooden delivery!)
I was also bad at maths, yet I don’t own a horse. It’s a great app though!
I love the non sequitur. Bit like saying "I was bad at French, yet I don't own a lawnmower." 😂
if you cant find a place how are you supposed to know what 3 words that location is...? if you've already been there why do you need directions..? a completely useless app i dont get it at all....
You're thinking about it the wrong way round. You want someone to join you. Maybe a friend. Maybe the emergency services. Maybe a delivery man. You are in a difficult-to-describe-location (like in the middle of festival, or a difficult to find street address, or the dining room at Longleat, or in a large car park, or up a mountain). You open the app. It tells you a three word address for your location. You give it to the person who you want to join you. They input it into the app or the website and it gives directions straight to you. It's a bloody clever app, and by all accounts has already saved lives.
@@arlo.guthrie I absolutely was thinking about it the wrong way round, you've explained it well I was hoping to use it as an navigation tool maybe in the future when it becomes more popular....
oh my go check your emails you savage. 14,440?!
Huh? What on earth are you talking about? 14,440?
For clarity use three (polite) words!
What makes this better than google location sharing?
It gives you a verbal address, wherever you are. Which means you can tell someone where you are.
mine is harmlessly.copper.things
@@zailogy in India
Why is this better than coordinates?
Much easier to say and pass on ‘banana jailbreak chair’ than 51.230751 -2.320096
Hi Bob. Arlo's quite right: I have actually used this to direct an ambulance into the middle of a field, where a disabled lady was in difficulties. They asked me where I was and I struggled. I did not know the name of a near-by road, nor precisely where along said road we were. They were "umming and erring" when I suddenly thought... I said "Do you use What-Three-Words? They lady said "yes, of course" - pity she had not previously mentioned it. But within a minute I had opened that app and told her precisely where we were. It worked a treat and All's Well that End Well - but one may need to volunteer the info. Problem now is that I shall always want to say "Banana jailbreak Chair!" (Thanks for that, Arlo). Best wishes all.
Arlo Guthrie still not as accurate as coordinates and coordinates are open source. Sorry, not convinced
@Bob Mcgrath, well I think the proof of the pudding is in @Seb Xiou’s story. If people find it makes it easier to summon help, what more do you need? And what three words is free, so it doesn’t matter to me whether it’s open source or not.
Arlo Guthrie did you miss the part I mentioned about accuracy?
This WILL end up costing people money.
Can’t be bothered with it. Google is easy enough and close enough
It's the most convenient app ever! Google is good but not accurate as what 3 words! 🙃👎🏻
good luck using google anywhere offroad, forests, rivers , mountains
There's a group of runners that used what 3 words during lockdown so they could run together but be apart. I did a video for the book of haikus based on the what 3 word destinations: ua-cam.com/video/F1A_rAmGUaY/v-deo.html
clever brilliant exciting
Thank you, the app is pretty good too :)