In days of yore, ancient mariners would use the stars to guide them across the seas. But times have changed, and the sextant has been replaced by a smartphone that fits in your pocket. Navigation apps ...

If you find yourself lost in the middle of the bush, three small words could now be the key to police locating you. The Ontario Provincial Police announced on Monday it will be using What3Words, a new ...

Those three words helped Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) find a woman who was lost at night on the Walter Bean Trail in Cambridge, Ont., earlier this month. The woman was using the app ...

Have you ever felt like a street address just wasn’t precise enough, or wondered how to share your exact location on a trail or seeing friends for a socially-distanced meet-up at a park? Rather than ...

Guelph police say it is starting to use a geolocating app called What3Words that can assist officers in locating callers during an emergency. The mobile phone application was developed in the United ...

What3Words (W3W) is a search-and-rescue app that divides the world into three-by-three metre squares. Each square has been allocated a three-word address by an algorithm. But now, some rescuers wonder ...

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With just three words, you can pinpoint your location along the G2G trail, making it safer and more accessible. What3Words is a company that divided the world into three-metre squares and assigned all ...

Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located two individuals that had walked off the trail in the ...

These were the three words that a lost Bradford couple hiking in Scanlon Creek Conservation Area gave to South Simcoe Police officers to help locate them.

of our coverage on-line at KCCI-dot-com and on the KCCI app. First responders want to make sure you have a plan if you are heading out on the water for the holiday weekend. Saylorville Lake is a ...

Critics suggest strengthening locator to four words or for hikers to use an app that gives longitude and latitude You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...