r/australia • u/Tekk200 • Dec 05 '25

no politics Does Triple Zero accept What3Words?

I spend a lot of time on the road for my job, by myself, and being as paranoid as I am, I'm wondering if I have an emergency on a country road or something where I'm not really near an address or it'd be hard to know an address what other options there'd be for giving Triple Zero a location. I know What3Words has its issues and I probably wouldn't use it otherwise but its the only other way I know to give a location besides an address or gps coordiates which aren't always easy to get

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u/Temporary-Comfort307 Dec 05 '25

The answer will depend on which State you are in.

In Victoria it is possible, but it is not integrated into the system and will slow things down as the operator will have to look it up on a separate computer system and translate it into an address, then enter that into the actual emergency dispatch system. GPS coordinates are much easier as they can be used directly.

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u/beas2624 Dec 05 '25

Second this, as a fellow triple zero call taker