Yes it will find the spot OK, but it won't help you navigate to it without
GPS &/or a signal from a mobile phone tower.
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From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Carl Clifford
Sent: Friday, 25 September 2015 9:39 AM
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Subject: What3words
It gave me my location using my iPad and my computer, neither of which has a
GPS. Maybe they use magic.
Carl Clifford
> On 25 Sep 2015, at 8:21 AM, <>
<> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm unconvinced as yet, but open-minded. Until I can see a compelling
argument for it I think I'll stick to using another system I know called
"what2numbers". It's output looks something like this: 141.52673; -13.75116
(what3words location: great.spot.grassowls, next grid square across is
hard.to.access). The good thing about it is if you have a handle on lat/long
you can get a rough idea in the world where it might be. Even better, if you
use UTMs and longitude zones, you can get an idea how many metres you are
from something just by doing the maths from where you currently are. If you
can see the sun and have an analogue watch or a compass, you can even start
walking in the right direction.
>
> To me it's a slightly more romantic way of knowing a location than using
latitude and longitude. However, I have yet to see any way of using
what3words without a GPS, whether that GPS is in a smartphone or computer or
if GPS companies start sticking what3words in their interfaces. Both
what3words and what2numbers require a degree of literacy and a machine. I've
always understood literacy about what a number is, is generally higher than
for letters and words, but I could be wrong. If it is, then this poses
further obvious problems.
>
> Hooroo,
>
> Eric
>
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