I wonder if @RNLI are looking into this? I’m sure they must be. Would be perfect for people who’ve been cut off by the tide and finding it hard to describe their location, for example:https://twitter.com/what3words/status/1151094744841445376 …
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Replying to @ProjectLifeboat @RNLI
Little or no value at sea, let's take a step back from promoting stuff like this before it becomes dangerous and someone tragically loses their life and the blue light services get the blame
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Replying to @mike_rawlins @RNLI
Hmmm. It’s simply a way of accurately descibing your location, Mike. It’s great to see there are several situations where people have been rescued from danger by using the app. As you’ll see from the
@what3words feed, emergency services are embracing it with great success.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Place or plaice see or sea tee or tea. Don't get me wrong it has uses but let's not say it is the solution for everything but dialect will play a part. What about Google Plus Codes surely P296+28 is easier than uses guitar note when trying to communicate in an emergency?
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Homophones have been removed to avoid this. Similar sounding words are place far apart to make errors obvious & enable a better combination to be suggested. Emergency services are accepting what3words as a one of many ways to describe location. Glad it is used to save lives.
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