LONDON, ONT. —
Police are crediting a brand new cellular phone app with serving to locate and rescue a couple in distress in west London Friday.
A lady known as 911 round 12:40 p.m., saying she and her husband her have been caught on an embankment close to the ice, in the realm of Tigerlily and Riverbend roads.
The lady used the What3words app on her cellphone to supply a precise location to emergency crews.
The couple was positioned about 20 minutes later and delivered to security.
What3words is a UK-based firm that has developed an app of the identical title that assigns a three-word phrase to each 3 metre by 3 metre plot of land on earth.
Users open the app and can provide police, paramedics or firefighters the three phrases for his or her explicit location, which can assist first responders slender down their location.
Location providers should be enabled for the app to work, however it may well additionally work offline.
London police are urging the general public to obtain the free know-how.
