Help Emergency Services to find you with what3words
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Many places can be difficult to describe in emergencies, which means that 999 call handlers have to deal with directions like “I can see a farm in the distance…” or “I’m near the white tent”. When every second counts, being able to describe where help is needed is crucial.
The following UK emergency services have confirmed publicly they are using and accepting 3 word addresses for response:
- Police -
Avon & Somerset Police
Bedfordshire Police
British Transport Police
Cambridgeshire Police
Cleveland Police
Cumbria Police
Derbyshire Police
Devon & Cornwall Police
Dorset Police
Durham Police
Essex Police
Gloucestershire Police
Guernsey Police
Gwent Police
Hampshire Police
Hertfordshire Police
Humberside Police
Isle of Man Police
Jersey Police
Kent Police
Lancashire Police
Lincolnshire Police
Norfolk Police
Northamptonshire Police
Nottinghamshire Police
North Yorkshire Police
North Wales Police
Northumbria Police
South Yorkshire Police
South Wales Police
Suffolk Police
Surrey Police
Sussex Police
Warwickshire Police
West Mercia Police
West Yorkshire Police
Wiltshire Police
- Fire & rescue -
Avon Fire & Rescue
Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue
Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue
Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue
Cheshire Fire & Rescue
Cleveland Fire & Rescue
Cornwall Fire & Rescue
Cumbria Fire & Rescue
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue
Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue
East Sussex Fire & Rescue
Essex Fire & Rescue
Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue
Guernsey Fire & Rescue
Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue
Humberside Fire & Rescue
Isle of Man Fire & Rescue
Kent Fire & Rescue Service
Lancashire Fire & Rescue
Leicestershire Fire & Rescue
Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue
London Fire Brigade
Merseyside Fire & Rescue
Mid & West Wales Fire & Rescue
Norfolk Fire & Rescue
North Wales Fire & Rescue
North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue
Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue
Northumberland Fire & Rescue
Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue
Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue
Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue
Scottish Fire & Rescue
Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service
South Wales Fire & Rescue
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue
Staffordshire Fire & Rescue
Suffolk Fire & Rescue
Tyne and Wear Fire & Rescue
Warwickshire Fire & Rescue
West Midlands Fire & Rescue
West Sussex Fire & Rescue
West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue
- Ambulance -
East Midlands Ambulance Service
East of England Ambulance Service
Isle of Man Ambulance Service
Isle of Wight Ambulance
London Ambulance Service
North West Ambulance Service
Scottish Ambulance Service
South East Coast Ambulance Service
South Central Ambulance
South Western Ambulance Service
St John Emergency Ambulance Guernsey
Welsh Ambulance Service
West Midlands Ambulance Service
Yorkshire Ambulance Service
- Other organisations -
UK Coastguard
About what3words:
what3words is the simplest way to talk about location. It has divided the world into a grid of 3m x 3m squares, each with a unique address made from 3 words. Now people can refer to any precise location - a delivery entrance, a picnic spot or a drone landing point - using three simple words.
what3words is helping improve businesses around the world, and paving the way for social and economic progress in developing nations. It can be used via the free mobile app or online map. what3words can also be built into any other app, platform or website, with just a few lines of code.
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This is one of the best ideas since I.C.E. and potentially lifesaving - it has already saved many lives.
It's a shit idea that's poorly implemented to make them money
Internal combustion engines?
@@NitramGTi Thought he was referring to Ice, compression and elevation advice.
I've legitimately seen this ad 999 times already....
@blah blah blah I dont think so... unless you get Adblock or something :/
ZIFITEX tell me about it I seen it many times
blah blah blah I think if you report it it will go away
Seen this ad 159 times you can thank me later for the money
Turn left after the big Oak tree
Operator HAHA GOOD LUCK WITH THAT XD
Ends call
Are breakdown services onboard?
999 what’s the emergency not where 🤣
Yeah that’s what I thought
@@theflyingmagnet4095 its relevant speak, for the ad.....
Why 3m? Should of made them bigger
Hi there,
We chose 3 metres x 3 metres as it is small enough to be useful for labelling specific areas, such as a water point or a front gate, but not so small that we run out of words to label all the squares, or have the squares so small that they become too specific for locations such as houses.
Fantastic. Use this.
Wow didn't think you would be here 😂👏
Why? Could just give GPS coordinates. It's a money grab desinged to mislead people into getting the app out of fear
Ster Chess give gps coordinates from what? People are way better with words than numbers. Especially when injured, lost or stressed. I’m a survival instructor, believe me - this works.
@@andyisyoda You don't understand. I'm not saying the idea is bad itself, it's the implementation. Why isn't the algorithm for getting the 3 words published openly for anyone to use? You *have* to download their app to use this, you *have* to use their API. It's because they want to make money off something which I could probably create in a week of my spare time. Nowadays business is 90% marketing 5% innovation 5% ripping people off.
@@ster2600 what is wrong with a business making money? I think it is fantastic and I hope they make lots of money for their families
Every smart-alec on the planet thinks that they can invent a better positioning system than the ones already out there. It's not true. This one is worse than most. Each square is defined by 3 words from one of 13 languages. Senders or recipients trying to use a language different from their native language can cause considerable difficulty. The use of like words is separated geographically to prevent confusion between nearby locations. This means there is no logical progression from one square to the next. Access to the company software is required to use this system.
This is not an open source system and no comprehensive hard copy mapping is available.
Dozens of really good apps exist for mobile phones that provide locations using established systems.
If anyone working in an emergency service control room thinks this is a good idea then they are in the wrong job.
What do you suggest people recite down the phone in emergencies? Latitude and longitude?
@@benjaminevans2839 Lat-Long is fine with me but OS Grid is the preferred format for Land SAR in Scotland. Set up for OSGB (both formats), Lat-Long (trad or decimal), UTM (incl MGRS). A job earlier this evening had me dealing with all-numeric OS Grid and decimal Lat-Long. However, I'd preferred people not to recite anything down the phone but SMS or email if they have appropriate connectivity. Mobile phone navigation apps (and Bluetooth enabled devices and digital radios) usually have a Share function which helps avoid errors. W3W can have 20 or 25 characters whereas here (Scotland) a grid ref has only 8, including letter prefix, and a four-decimal Lat-Long has 14. W3W is proprietary and requires mobile data connectivity even in phone apps where you think it's native
Precisely. A system used and endorsed by emergency services should be: regulated and defined in official documentation and open source including reference implementations.
I will point something out for all the people to use more precise and established systems.
Is your mum going to be able to do that when she is only kinda tech savvy? I know for a fact my mum would take one look and go 'oh god no' and if she is panicking forget about it.
3 words for is much more simple for her and this is what you have to consider.
@@madmike1708 A UK six-figure grid reference with letter prefix totals 8 characters. With a similar precision, Lat-long to 3 decimals of degrees is about 12 or 13 characters and W3W in English is typically 20 characters but is sometimes more. It is also in several languages. The most powerful case against it is a commercial company is recruiting your help to make national emergency infrastructure in your country dependent on its proprietary system. That is not a safe way to proceed.
Apparently only very very middle class student age folk get lost.
I got lost in the forest but i used Google maps to find my way back out to the carpark
@@whatliesbeneathurbanexplor1631 Cheers Geoff
Well that’s great but what if where I am is vibrate pencil juices I’m not saying that out loud
Lol you'll be scared enough to force yourself too though
😭😭
You would be in Elland, Yorkshire. On the A 629.
I can't get lost anymore without thinking "I DONT KNOW WHERE I AM"
Its the "IVE FALLEN AND CANT GET UP" of the RUclips generation
I got lost spiritually, but now I’m found. My 3 words are: Here I am.
‘Somewhere on the A1’ how thick can you get 😂
Thank you always to #what3words
Oh look another advert where apparently only southerners exist.
Ayeup!
this app needs more recognition honestly
khingero I wholeheartedly agree!
Why would it save lives? Any old GPS app can do the same job
@@romyfyi ?
@@ster2600 not everyone can use a GPS properly, this is easier all you do is zoom in, click on the grid you are on and say the 3 words on the screen
@@ster2600 How many people do you know that can give a six-figure grid refrance out in the wild?
*good*
Fantastic app, particularly for scouts and leaders who often hike through the middle of nowhere
If your a scout or a leader and you don't understand simple latitude and longitude you have no right being a scout and certainly no right being a leader.
No, what i don't understand in this day and age is why can't the police trace your phone to exactly where you are. ?
Hi Jackie,
Yes, some emergency services use AML (Advanced Mobile Location) and although it is good and extremely useful, it is not a perfect solution yet. It may vary widely in terms of accuracy based on how close the caller/public member is to the cell towers. And not all emergency services have the system set up in their control rooms, for them what3words can be a very immediate and efficient solution. We can work perfectly with the service and provide means to verify automatic location services.
Does this answer your question?
I've seen people be tracked to their exactly location and time if they have an iPhone. Apple are happy enough to hand that information over to the cops.
So people are allowed to be tracked if they're criminals but not if they're in fatal danger, ok
@@what3words that was a long way of saying what3words is a good idea and I'm not disputing that but what i am disputing is the fact that it is impossible with the technology we have to not enable our phones to be tracked by the police if where in trouble, how is that not a thing already i just don't understand, you can buy tracking bracelets, tracking rings, all these things would come in more handy then saying "I'm in a field" "I see sheep" "there's a man running towards me with an axe" but again I'm not disputing what3words isn't a good idea because it would help someone.
So does it work offline also?
Yes, you can find your current location, search for another 3 word address and navigate to a 3 word address using a compass mode :)
999 not 911???
UK
@@Lohoris ah okey thx
000 in Australia
Yes, download and keep your location tracked at all times. You want to be a good citizen? Right?
Hey there, you can not see anyone's location except your own and the ones who shared their 3 word address with you by themselves. The app is not for tracking at all :)
Spartan Wolf MK 4 you’re stupid when this company is trying to help you and you are trying to show it as a bad thing