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 But times have changed, and the sextant has been replaced by a smartphone that fits in your pocket.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

IONIA COUNTY, Mich. — The director of Ionia County Central Dispatch says he and his team want to get the word out about a smartphone app they've been using for years that could help rescuers get to ...

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As Ontario’s emergency services are embracing new technologies with the evolution of cellphones and other electronic devices, more are increasingly utilizing geocode apps and websites such as ...

Ottawa Police Service’s communications centre is integrating the What3Words app into their system to help locate missing persons and for other emergencies. The What3Words app developers have mapped ...

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 ...