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Re:Why Bother with What Three Words? by chris_overseas on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:21PM (#19515023)
I agree with the author that using W3W for locating people in trouble is ludicrous, yet it appears to be real:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47705912

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Re:Why Bother with What Three Words? by adblair on Friday March 29, 2019 @04:00AM (#19519902)
Can anyone suggest why the Advanced Mobile Location system discussed above wasn't used in this situation?
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