In reply to a post by billford:

Roughly what you'd expect from a company whose business is communications

Completely ….. the hands on staff are all very au fait with W3W, but elsewhere such things seem of no relevance.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

the hands on staff are all very au fait with W3W

That's good to know, I'd always had the impression that it was a good idea that hadn't taken off to any significant degree.

In reply to a post by broadbandjockey:

I don't think I've ever seen a 'lean to' support pole used (either by Openreach, or the electricity bods) to fly cables from ! ?

Seen it loads of times around here (NE Scotland)

very rarely from Openreach but a lot of SSEN poles have setups like this, and a lot of LV SSEN poles carry Openreach cables

In reply to a post by connormill:

In reply to a post by broadbandjockey:

I don't think I've ever seen a 'lean to' support pole used (either by Openreach, or the electricity bods) to fly cables from ! ?

Seen it loads of times around here (NE Scotland)

very rarely from Openreach but a lot of SSEN poles have setups like this, and a lot of LV SSEN poles carry Openreach cables

Oh, indeed I have an SSEN pole with 'lean to' in the corner of our garden. The 'lean to' is a great place to hang bird feeders from. Our Openreach line uses the main vertical pole as a jumping point too.

Lots of internal apps have links to it.

Or if engineers raise joints for remedial joint remakes, it is often used, if you can’t find the required plant within a 3m square ….

A few years (3 maybe) back, my young pup got stuck in a drainage pipe in army land.
Using W3W meant the fire brigade were able to come straight to our aid.

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/english...

(pretty sure I’ve posted the link before, but it proves the apps worth, and why the emergency services are keen to use it too)

Edited by Zarjaz (Tue 09-Jul-24 16:06:45)

Unfortunately their dictionary contains many words that sound similar, meaning there's a risk that you could end up somewhere completely wrong.

https://cybergibbons.com/security-2/why-what3words-i...

Or could people communicating or hearing the three words , sensing possible confusion, ask for the word to spelled out to the other party ? Not flawless either, but a reasonable success rate, higher still if you’re texting your mate your location at the festival …..

Little is 100% flawless.

It's not perfect, but probably no worse and possibly better than reading out a latitude and longitude, or an easting and northing ("five" and "nine", transposing digits etc).

It's easy to use for those not accustomed to coordinate systems (ie most of the planet), and spelling the words out should quickly sort out anomalies, if either end had any concern.

Edited by billford (Tue 09-Jul-24 18:56:36)

In reply to a post by billford:

It's not perfect, but probably no worse and possibly better than reading out a latitude and longitude, or an easting and northing ("five" and "nine", transposing digits etc).

It's easy to use for those not accustomed to coordinate systems (ie most of the planet), and spelling the words out should quickly sort out anomalies, if either end had any concern.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/26/reinforceme...

https://xkcd.com/970/