Profpointy
Legendary Member
It goes down as far as you want surely. 8 figures is 10m isn't it?
Strange Road Signs
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It goes down as far as you want surely. 8 figures is 10m isn't it?
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
Number are things that people often get twisted
which is the point in W3W - words for things fix in the mind better - especially in a crisis
there are problems with it
I remember a report of a rescue helicopter searching a place for ages for a person who used W3W to report the location
turned out that the actual location was a plural of one of the words - and was only a few miles away
but it is pretty good if you can use it
Another point - there have been times when a phone call has not got through due to weak signal
but a text message did get through as it requires less signal power for less time and retries
which is the point in W3W - words for things fix in the mind better - especially in a crisis
there are problems with it
I remember a report of a rescue helicopter searching a place for ages for a person who used W3W to report the location
turned out that the actual location was a plural of one of the words - and was only a few miles away
but it is pretty good if you can use it
Another point - there have been times when a phone call has not got through due to weak signal
but a text message did get through as it requires less signal power for less time and retries
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
I have reported fly tipping a few times and got an answer back asking for W3W location so they can find it
I think it depends on who looks at it - but at least some people use it
I think it depends on who looks at it - but at least some people use it
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
No, if you want all of GB, an OS National Grid all-numeric needs 15 digits to cover the whole country. And it only works for GB. If you want the whole world down to 14m (usually close enough to 10m for me!), I think that's best done in 10 characters of plus.codes. Anyone seen those on a strange road sign in this country yet? I've seen a few abroad.
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Anybody think it was a foreign language!
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Google Translate made some sense (but didn't get it all right, I don't think):
fflamiau ffitio sylwebydd = commenter fitting flames
mewn argyfwng dyfynwch y tri gair hyn = in an emergency quote these three words
What 3 words deliberately does not make sense to avoid confusion.
Didn't work here then
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
I grew up near Wales and lived there for many years so I recognised it
Never spoken it - but heard it a lot and seen it a lot
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Of course not. English is the "foreign language" here.
Though I'm afraid that even though I have lived in Wales since 1977, and have been married to a fluent Welsh speaker (who taught in Welsh language schools for many years) for 45 years, I still don't speak the language. I can understand a lot more than I can speak, enough that I can usually pick up the general gist of a conversation around me. And I can understand most signs I see.
