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Note that GPS can be often unreliable or not precise enough. For example, it would be pretty useful to specify correct side of river/road/railway. Arriving at w
by matkoniecz 3y ago
Note that GPS can be often unreliable or not precise enough. For example, it would be pretty useful to specify correct side of river/road/railway. Arriving at wrong side may result in needing to do very long detour.
- dspillett 3y ago> Note that GPS can be often unreliable or not precise enough. But the W3W app identifies your position by GPS, meaning it is subject to the same general reliability problem via inheritance. Yes, it displays a map as well, so you can identify that you need to quote a different square, but in an emergency situation I'd posit that people are more likely to just read off the words and not really take in the displayed map. And the same solution works for GPS alone anyway – if you are reading your position using a phone app it is likely displaying an approximate map also.
- matkoniecz 3y agoI am not claiming that 3 words is solving that problem, only that "forward GPS from phone" does not solve it. You will need reporter to describe location.