It has been around for several years now. It has been used in Tasmania to rescue people. Recently it was used to rescue a person down a cliff on an Island in Bass Straight.

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Interesting, however I could have done better using the Military Grid Referencing System (MGRS}, with a fourteen character code would take you down to a 1 meter square.
The good thing about What3Words is that it is easy for people to just say the three words via comms (mobile phones, or text). Whereas random strings are harder to ensure they are gotten right.