This could save your life.

[Horse]

I worded that badly. If you visit one site that provides the info you need with minimal clicks it's easier than having to go through options. I'm not being a W3W fanboi, it's just a very simple tool.

The BBC article raises questions too. 45 mistakes in 12 months. Out of how many callouts? And how does that 45 compare to previous years or to other location systems? One number alone is not enough to form a judgement. Is it the least bad option overall?

For some context, I was called out on Sunday, to a named country lane. No idea how the original caller identified their location to the call handler. But it ended up with four ambulance resources and police driving around the area.

Also, I don't know how immediate or accurate phone location triangulation can be.

Re W3W, 85% of UK emergency service use it and it's part on the job phone standard install.

[Count Steer]

W3W is probably the easiest option for most people but the 'drop a pin' on Google maps and rattle off the numbers is really easy too and is probably better/more accurate/less prone to error if you know how to do it.

I did wonder if the people on the other end of the phone would know what 50.739654, -0.432184 means though.

[Horse]

I worded that badly. If you visit one site that provides the info you need with minimal clicks it's easier than having to go through options. I'm not being a W3W fanboi, it's just a very simple tool.

W3W does give lat & long, maybe that's how I set it up years ago but they pop up with the 3 words automatically for me.
Last time I used it must have been 2 or 3 years ago.

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[Pirahna]

W3W is probably the easiest option for most people but the 'drop a pin' on Google maps and rattle off the numbers is really easy too and is probably better/more accurate/less prone to error if you know how to do it.

I did wonder if the people on the other end of the phone would know what 50.739654, -0.432184 means though.

Economic migrant or are you here legally?

[Count Steer]

W3W is probably the easiest option for most people but the 'drop a pin' on Google maps and rattle off the numbers is really easy too and is probably better/more accurate/less prone to error if you know how to do it.

I did wonder if the people on the other end of the phone would know what 50.739654, -0.432184 means though.

Economic migrant or are you here legally?

I guess the Coastguard/RNLI would recognise coordinates. (I made the numbers up )