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One of the issues with What3Words.
German hiker in the UK: I need help. My what three words location is
///aufgetragen.bauxit.locktRescue: Wait a minute, I can't enter that. Can you change your What3Words app to English.
(A couple of minutes after fiddling with settings)
The German hiker sees
///analogy.guidebook.tricklingI don't know these words. Maybe Anal loggy guidebook treekling.
Rescue: Hmm, "Anal loggy guidebook treacele-ing" That's four words. Let me try the first three...
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Q: Do you use What Three Words?
A: No.What Three Words has been shown to be inadequate and even dangerous for emergency services use.
There's a website listing the many failures at https://w3w.me.ss/
It's probably OK for pizza delivery, if you're willing to install yet another corporate surveillance app...
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Or some human-readable version of https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.70454&mlon=-3.07398#map=19/50.70454/-3.07398 since #WhatThreeWords is #proprietry