Ever used this app for hunting?

[PhxDT]

Just came across an app called What3words.  Amazing. 

you can define any 3m2 square of land on earth with 3 words.  Definitely going to use this next time I am out.  Would be great for telling others where you are.  I know you can send waypoints through onX (I have that too), but texting 3 words to show your buddies a location would be awesome.

[CouesPursuit]

Are coordinates that tough to figure out?

[NewlyMinted]

2 hours ago, PhxDT said:

Just came across an app called What3words.  Amazing. 

you can define any 3m2 square of land on earth with 3 words.  Definitely going to use this next time I am out.  Would be great for telling others where you are.  I know you can send waypoints through onX (I have that too), but texting 3 words to show your buddies a location would be awesome.

That's clever.. I had the app, but never thought of using it for location sharing!

[PhxDT]

1 hour ago, CouesPursuit said:

Are coordinates that tough to figure out?

I can see your point, but have you ever had an issue with differing software or devices having slightly different world projections?  I have.

 

Using the same free software can avoid this, plus the software gives your directions to get to any spot.  seems pretty helpful to me.

[eddielasvegas]

Thanks for this PhxDT.  Never heard of it but certainly looks useful.

 

Eddie

[CouesPursuit]

1 hour ago, PhxDT said:

I can see your point, but have you ever had an issue with differing software or devices having slightly different world projections?  I have.

 

Using the same free software can avoid this, plus the software gives your directions to get to any spot.  seems pretty helpful to me.

I wasn't trying to be a jerk here and the app is interesting. My directionally-challenged wife would love this.

That said, I don't know that anything could be better than UTMs in the field. Share them as screenshot or text when you can or over radio when you can't. All GPS units and cell phone apps can utilize them and a good map has them referenced around the extent. The location is discrete and it actually means something, like how many meters away are your coordinates from mine and in what direction.

I'm not sure I want to lean on telling my hunting partners to go back to cell service and find out where flourite.cornbagger.naturegirl is to navigate across a canyon using a separate app's idea of how to get there.

[PhxDT]

11 minutes ago, CouesPursuit said:

I wasn't trying to be a jerk here and the app is interesting. My directionally-challenged wife would love this.

That said, I don't know that anything could be better than UTMs in the field. Share them as screenshot or text when you can or over radio when you can't. All GPS units and cell phone apps can utilize them and a good map has them referenced around the extent. The location is discrete and it actually means something, like how many meters away are your coordinates from mine and in what direction.

I'm not sure I want to lean on telling my hunting partners to go back to cell service and find out where flourite.cornbagger.naturegirl is to navigate across a canyon using a separate app's idea of how to get there.

Hahaha.  Love it.

 

Nice part of this app is that it is all on the phone- no internet connection needed (I believe).

[eddielasvegas]

12 minutes ago, PhxDT said:

Hahaha.  Love it.

 

Nice part of this app is that it is all on the phone- no internet connection needed (I believe).

Do you mean cell service?  I assume (I know, I know) you do.

Your phone's GPS will work w/o cell service, but if you want to transmit your location to someone using W3W, you'll need cell, which I assume (I know, I know) is why you'd be using it in the first place.

 

Eddie