Speedy Builder5 | 16/08/2019 07:37:22 |
1840 forum posts 128 photos | It would not help a visitor in a different country, perhaps someone on holiday. If you were French, you can't pronounce "th" or 'w' easily, and even 'g' and 'j' get swapped about. For instance the bird name jay is pronounced "gee" (with a soft 'g'
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John MC | 16/08/2019 07:48:26 |
![]() 204 forum posts 30 photos | Recently I had first hand experience of the app working. Out mountain biking we came across a group of walkers, one of them in very obvious distress. Fortunately they had the app on a phone and luckily the local emergency services had just started using it. The emergency services were able to get to the location quickly. These walkers were not local so, would by their own admission would struggle to give an accurate location. Us MTBers being local may also have struggled using local rather than the "official" names for the area and features that the services need. Needless to say I've installed the app! John |
peak4 | 16/08/2019 11:14:40 |
![]() 901 forum posts 85 photos | I've been wondering what prompted this thread, since it seemingly randomly appeared on The Olympus UK photographic forum at the same time. Someone I know also messaged me on facebook, remembering I's mentioned it to them several years ago. It seems there's been a recent news story; Here's a link to the one from the BBC Voice activation aside, both the app and the website are able to use several languages. MyTimeMedia's car park entrance would be hungry.else.lucky https://what3words.com/hungry.else.lucky Selecting a different "what3word address language" as opposed to "Site Language" on the desktop app would allow you to direct your Chinese friend to here; you'll have to cut and paste the following hyperlink yourself as this forum's software doesn't seem to allow embedded Chinese characters in web links https://what3words.com/锦囊.抽动.摘要 Bill |
Stuart Bridger | 16/08/2019 12:31:58 |
361 forum posts 23 photos | There has been a lot of publicity recently, several UK fire services have announced support as well as articles on the BBC website |
mechman48 | 16/08/2019 13:25:33 |
![]() 2517 forum posts 377 photos | … You want what !!… Geo. |
Michael Gilligan | 16/08/2019 17:59:23 |
![]() 14235 forum posts 621 photos | Posted by peak4 on 16/08/2019 11:14:40:
[ ... ] Selecting a different "what3word address language" as opposed to "Site Language" on the desktop app would allow you to direct your Chinese friend to here; you'll have to cut and paste the following hyperlink yourself as this forum's software doesn't seem to allow embedded Chinese characters in web links https://what3words.com/锦囊.抽动.摘要 Bill . That's rather nifty ... assuming that the square is really located near the junction of Enterprise Way, Enterprise Way, and Enterprise Way MichaelG. |
Neil Wyatt | 16/08/2019 21:14:14 |
![]() Moderator 16738 forum posts 689 photos 76 articles |
Tips. Twitching. Abstract
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Mark Rand | 16/08/2019 21:42:01 |
798 forum posts | Curiously, the English translation leads to a location in Inner Mongolia... |
John Olsen | 16/08/2019 22:04:30 |
991 forum posts 86 photos 1 articles | It's all fun and games until they turn the servers off... |
Andrew Evans | 17/08/2019 08:17:45 |
272 forum posts 1 photos | "Meet me tonight and we will run away together, 10:30 at Noted.Skirting.Learn" |
Michael Gilligan | 17/08/2019 09:18:09 |
![]() 14235 forum posts 621 photos | Posted by Andrew Evans on 17/08/2019 08:17:45:
"Meet me tonight and we will run away together, 10:30 at Noted.Skirting.Learn" . Interesting to see that when inputting your three words, we are given a choice including two [linguistically] similar locations. MichaelG. |
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