I use it when meeting up with others in large venues. Used it to locate friends in Winter Wonderland and when my Daughter was running the London marathon. Some delivery companies use it now too.
I just want to know how on earth they managed to set it all up. They are tiny squares and this is a big world.
Quote: Originally posted by Romaway on 12/4/2023
I use it when meeting up with others in large venues. Used it to locate friends in Winter Wonderland and when my Daughter was running the London marathon. Some delivery companies use it now too.
I just want to know how on earth they managed to set it all up. They are tiny squares and this is a big world.
It is amazing technology Romaway. Even though I know the lanes where I live, Dartmoor, like the back of my hand, if you are in trouble of any kind, try telling where you are to a person who has no idea. WTWs is an invaluable asset to the likes of the Emergency services and breakdown companies.
I run training courses which includes having to know exactly where you are, only a couple a month, but the examples I have heard from people who have used it prove it’s usefulness.
Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 26/3/2023
Its a bit weird. I am at "****.****.***"" You can't put it into the satnav so seems a bit of a waste of time
Edited to remove location
If you could enter them into a sat nav, it would be brilliant. Sometimes postcodes just arent enough, and grid refs are a faff.
But how did they do it. I can't begin to think how they even thought of the idea let alone working it all out. I must have a Google to see if there is an explanation.
There’s a delivery cabinet at our local fuel station. (Amazon maybe? Can’t remember.) Anyway, written on the side is “my name is Sympathize” (American spelling of Sympathise). If you look at one page in the dictionary & then think of the number of combinations of 3 randomly generated names, then W3W is remarkable but doable. Someone must have had the idea in the first place, that’s even more remarkable.