"Fredxx" wrote in message
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On 08/08/2019 08:16, Brian Reay wrote:
Tim+ wrote:
ARW wrote:
Basically between two villages. No houses, no pubs nothing (apart from
a
field on fire).
You know the names of the villages and that is all.
Could the phone operator not work it out?
Optimist! Ive found trying to give positions to emergency services an
incredibly frustrating experience. The main problem being that theyve
not
heard of the internet and search engines. Also, it takes an age to get
through to anyone who can understand grid references or any normal
system
of identifying position that doesnt involve street names and house
numbers.
€śWhat three words€ť seems like a nice idea but I dont hold out much hope
of
any operator understanding the idea.
https://what3words.com/daring.lion.race
Tim
We have a perfectly good systems in the UK, the OS Grid System and Lat
Long, which you can access from most phones, car sat navs etc and the
Emergency services use, and are far more well known than things like
what3words.
What3words is and amusing toy, especially if you find the words somehow
link to the location but whereas an appropriate OS grid reference is
still
useful, change one word in what3words and .......
It is no toy, unless you're a child. It's an easy, effective way to
provide a location within 10m.
Change one number or letter in an OS grid...........
Pretty ****ed here. When using the browser it uses the isp registered
address.
When using the app, the blue dot jumps around a lot on a very zoomed
in map. Cant see that working well tor technoklutzes in a real emergency.
Makes more sense to just call with the mobile and use the completely
automatic location transmission to 999 etc.