Geolocating using ///what3words

How do I use ///what3words to locate problematic addresses.

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Written by Timothy Barnes
Updated over a week ago

///what3words (www.what3words.com) is a more precise way of locating a specific address or hard to find location especially when your client lives in a rural area, their house address doesn't appear on Google Maps, or specific parking instructions are required.

NOTE: Gazelle's online scheduling address locator does not currently accept the What3Word formatting ///word.word.word for scheduling purposes. However, you can use this tool to convert any GPS coordinate into a W3W phrase and then follow the steps in this article to make navigating to client's locations easier when they have a hard to find addresses.


USING W3W PHRASES IN GAZELLE'S WEB APP

Step 1: Rename one of your custom fields in Gazelle to 'What3Words'
Step 2: Paste your client's 3 word phrase into the field.
Step 3: (optional): Convert the ///word.word.word phrase into a GPS coordinate and save this as a 'Street Address' on their client file in Gazelle.
Step 4: Done



FROM THE MOBILE APP

Step 1: Rename one of your customer fields using the web app instructions above.

Step 2: Paste your client's 3 word phrase into the field.
Step 3: (optional): Convert the ///word.word.word phrase into a GPS coordinate and save this as a 'Street Address' on their client file in Gazelle.
Step 4: Done

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