A mother and her daughter were saved from an accident thanks to an application that can locate people with only three words

A 33-year-old woman and her daughter were rescued after suffering a car accident thanks to a geolocation application that allows them to easily share the location. The event was produced in October 2018 in Somerset, England.

Valerie Hawkett and her 4-year-old daughter Tega They were found by the police after suffering an accident in a Ford Fiesta. The driver lost control in a curve where the surface was very slippery and reversed.

She wanted to inform the police immediately but she was so nervous that she did not know where she was. Authorities have managed to locate it after sending, via SMS, the link to a platform called What 3 Words (such as 3 words), published by the site. Daily mail.

This service opens on any type of device and immediately identifies the exact location of the person using three words. This geocoding system divided the planet into small squares of 3 meters by 3 meters. And with each square, he badigns three words. In this way, it simplifies the GPS coordinate system.

The site uses short terms in different languages ​​to identify each fragment of the Earth. In this particular case, the site designated the quadrant in which Hawkett and her daughter were the terms "hazy earphones weekend" (misty weekend helmet).

Thus, the police arrived at the corner of the A36 road where were the victims of the accident. "After the accident, I was so disoriented that I did not know where I was.I could have stayed all day in this area without the localization of three words," said the woman, according to the report. Daily mail.

According to Hawkett, they suffered only scratches and bruises, but they did not suffer major damage. Whatever the case may be, the shock left her almost paralyzed.

"I was trying to send my location via Google Maps from my iPhone, but then they texted the What3Words website," he said. He added: "After that, they were able to find me immediately, it was very good".

As stated in the article, about 60% of UK police forces use the What 3 Words system to locate people asked for help.

The What 3 Words system, available in English, Spanish and more than a dozen other languages, allows the police or any other person or entity to send, via SMS, a link to the map of this site.

The platform, accessible via the browser or via the application (available for iOS and Android), divides the planet into 3X3 squares and gives everyone three words.

This system offers a high level of accuracy because it helps to locate the person accurately, as explained on the official website, which was developed by chess players Chris Sheldrick and Jack Waley-Cohen.