On 19/07/2019 12:55, David Woolley wrote:
...
(As a variation on the last point, one of my pet hates, these days, is
how few houses now have house numbers in the UK. It make it difficult
to give accurate locations for fly tips
Have you seen: https://what3words.com/
Every 3m (10ft) square on the planet is given a location name consisting
of 3 random words from the dictionary. Their app shows you the 3 words
for your current location.
Many emergency services are using it -- much easier than asking callers
to give postcodes, grid refs, lat/lon, road numbers, etc. Just read out
the 3 words from your screen.
Even if the local authority don't already use it, they can easily
download it when given the 3 words, or go to the web site to find the
location.
Anyone can scribble down 3 words without making a mistake. And often
remember them.
cheers,
Martin.
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