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The Franklin County Emergency Communications Center is hoping an app that divides the world into three-meter squares will help emergency responders find callers in need who may not know their exact location.
About two years ago, FCECC dispatcher Charli Hall found out that the RapidDeploy location mapping system the Emergency Center used had the capability to use the What3Words app, which assigns three random words to threeby-three meter squares all over the world. Hall decided to download the app herself and do some more research into it, and the FCECC eventually integrated the app into its system…
