06/04/2026
With summertime hikes and river adventures beginning to happen on a more regular basis, we would like to highlight the importance of knowing your location. In situations where traditional addresses or GPS coordinates might not always work (like in forests, mountains, or dense urban areas), we would like to share with you a FREE app called what3words, an app that ensures you can get the help you need fast.
• What is it? what3words is a quick and easy way to communicate exact locations, even in remote areas. It's location technology that has divided the world into 10ft-by-10ft squares and each one has been given a unique identifier made of three random words, thus creating what is called a what3words address.
⭐For example, a popular swimming spot in Greenbrier County can be found at: ///passageway.sage.cooled
• In an emergency, using a what3words address gives 9-1-1- callers a simple way to describe precisely where help is needed, allowing emergency telecommunicators to dispatch resources directly to the scene.
• what3words provides a universal standard that can be used to share location information for every place on Earth, even those that don’t have physical addresses, like hiking trails, long stretches of unmarked roads or places that are hard to pinpoint like an entrance of a large sports stadium, your camp along the river, or even your parking spot at the State Fair.
We encourage everyone to download it now to be prepared and .
📲 find the iPhone app here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/what3words/id657878530
📲 find the Android app here: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=what3words&c=apps
🌍 Access the website format here: https://map.what3words.com/clip.apples.leap
📖Read more about how to use w3w here: https://support.what3words.com/en/
