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 ...

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

Two hikers called 911 after getting lost in Manitoba’s Whiteshell Provincial Park, near the Ontario border. A 911 operator in Brandon, Man., couldn’t determine the pair’s whereabouts using traditional ...

Guelph police say the geolocation app, What3Words, which the service just started using, is already proving its worth after lost hikers were quickly found by officers on Saturday. A 911 call was ...

You'd think we live in a world where getting around is easy, but finding specific locations can prove to be more difficult than that. Enter: what3words – an app that provides just three words to ...

In a bid to help to help those wanting to see the Queen’s coffin, the Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has directed people to a livestream of a map showing the ...

Kivi Park is launching a city-wide contest among other local parks and trails using the what3words app – a geocode system that is designed to identify any location with a resolution of about three ...

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 ...

With new and evolving technologies that we we carry as phones, or at devices home and school that enhance our daily lives, how can we leverage these products so we can use them in the event of an ...