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Interesting Idea - But Not Sold On The Necessity
The concept sounds interesting, but I’m not sure how this is more useful than other apps already on your phone.
You open the app and are presented with three words that identify where you’re standing. You then send or otherwise communicate those words to someone else who enters them into their copy of the app, ‘pointing’ to where you are on a map. In order to get someone to you though, the lat/lon coordinates or address needs to be sent to another mapping app for navigation directions.
Consider that I Can tap-hold on the included map with my phone, then hit the ‘share’ icon and text, email, etc the precise location - which can then be tapped by the recipient to show my precise location on a map and/or satellite image, with navigation options. Seems faster to me.
W3W seems like a linguistic way to point to a spot on a map - but with modern smart phones, which are needed for this app anyway, you can point to that spot with your finger so … why?Show lessGap Spanner
Developer Response
Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. Sharing your location can work this way however a location pin is impossible to describe over the phone or radio, to write down, or to enter into a speech recognition system. what3words offers a more flexible way to pass location information between people and machines or devices, online or offline. Hopefully this helps, if you've got any further feedback - please reach out to our team at support@what3words.com. Sarah.No more maps
What an interesting innovation. Congratulations to the team. With ever changing roads and developments, finally an app that will not have to change. More ever this will solve several issues associated with traditional map which normally defined by a street address and stop at the street level.Ruban A
Nice app with potential to be explored
It works as advertised- far easier to remember words than numbers. New / effort reducing usage will appear when adopting accelerates. It is already integrated with google maps for navigation . Wish early adopters could choose wordsmotonathan
Great location fonder
A great app to install on your phone. It will locate you within 10 feet. If your phone is on and you were in an accident, it can be used to find you. Also, you can use it with “find my iPhone“ or “find my iPad“ if you have lost it someplace. Easy to use. Highly recommended.Journeys End
Everyone should use this, especially realtors!
Have you ever looked at a real estate listing, especially for rural land, to find the address vague? No matter how hard you try, you can’t find the property using an online map. How great would it be if realtors used this app to locate the entrance to the property so precisely! I have recommended this app to so many people for so many reasons, not the least, 911 call centers! Download it today! You will not be disappointed.Show lessJimmy Thimble
Developer Response
Thanks! Glad to hear that you are enjoying our app. Please share us with your friends.DOWNLOAD IT FIRST IN YOUR FAM!
Seriously, go download it already, tell the family and friend to do it too. This is going to change how we deal with the world forever. AND ITS FUN, the word combos can just sound plain silly, I just go on sometimes and click the squares around where I am and always get a good laugh or 2. NONE of the words are profanity or inappropriate, just common everyday words in a sometimes funny 3word combination. IT ONLY WORKS if we all use it and will be the location pinpoint overhaul the delivery industry has needed since GPS&CPUs changed everything. Why are you still reading, go tell it on the mountain!!!Show lessWicked Scotsman
Love this app as a hiker
Often, there is no address for hikes and so this is a great app to track all of the trails that I love. And also great to direct my friends to meet me there. However. I seem to have hit a limit on the number of places that I can save. I would like to have more ability to save more locations. Thanks!Show lesssadiespaw
Great app with a big flaw
I love the idea of this app and they have done well implementing it. HOWEVER, it is useless without cellular data (which I suspect is the case in many, if not most, areas that do not have street addresses). I tried using the app in several national parks ( which have spotty or no cell service) over the last couple of weeks. The app ‘works’, giving a 3 word address based on the GPS but there is no map. It sorely needs downloadable maps similar to the way the HERE WeGo app works.Show lessiowa_don
Sounds useful but
Marketing convinced me. Apple downloaded for me. Tried to sign up with email account. Took all the steps. Tried to input a country other than the first in the alohabet-Albania- but could not see the country names. Page where they should appear was just white. I can hear the countries scrolling but there are no names appearing. I scrolled ahead several times to try to get to my country but gave up at Ireland. It is not a simple process to keep trying this way. I prefer not to create new accounts with Google sign in and do jot use Facebook at all. So I cannot create an account.Show lessMedi8tor
Travel woes
A year or two ago I was in Costa Rica looking for an Airbnb I had booked in a super sketchy neighborhood. Everyone had tall gates and walls around their houses. The directions had an address and “ we are the house with a pink door and a tall flag pole. I drove around that super sketch neighborhood for almost an hour before saying screw this and going to a hotel. What 3 words could have saved me $$ and a lot of headache I love the concept.Show lessDmatern
