foliage

[SparkyTris]

is this normal?
it appears to me that there is likely 400VAC between adjacent conductors in this photo, with conductors bridged by at times damp foliage.... which on the face of it seems quite a fire risk. but this is clearly operable.
what am I missing?!
(location is cambs UK)

 

[bernardgreen]

Send a picture to your DNO and report it; It is a potential fire risk,

 

[Murdochcat]

Send a picture to your DNO and report it; It is a potential fire risk,

And include a what 3 words location too

 

[morqthana]

///cable.risk.burning

This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near Kemmerer, Wyoming.

what3words.com

///tree.down.fire

This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near Boronda, California.

what3words.com

///electric.danger.note

This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near Konya.

what3words.com

 

[bernardgreen]

If you must use W3W then include a post code or other locator to ensure that that plurals do not confuse the location

These are obvious "errors" but some are not obvious. Rescue service arrived at a precise location 200 yards from the incident which could be seen. Snag was that 100 of those yards were a river.

 

[ericmark]

What was wrong with the Maidenhead locator? IO82IP is far faster to transmit with morse code. Well I have just tried to find the what three words for where I live, and failed, seems I need a mobile phone and an app.

Finally found it what a lot of faffing around, and it is simply too accurate, more accurate than the map, which has missed off three houses, and so is about as much good as a chocolate fireguard.

 

[bernardgreen]

Do you want to provide your address to the readers ?

 

[ericmark]

Do you want to provide your address to the readers ?

I am in the call book, so no secrete, anyone can look up my call sign. But changed the what.three.words, what do you think.

Would IO82IP be my IP address! QSL

 

[SUNRAY]

If you must use W3W then include a post code or other locator to ensure that that plurals do not confuse the location

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These are obvious "errors" but some are not obvious. Rescue service arrived at a precise location 200 yards from the incident which could be seen. Snag was that 100 of those yards were a river.

The very first time we used W3W for a Raynet event several of the locations were similarly incorrect and spread across the world. Quite remarkable for a 25 mile event

 

[JohnW2]

If you must use W3W then include a post code or other locator ...

I don't think that trees in the middle of fields have a postcode.

to ensure that that plurals do not confuse the location
..... These are obvious "errors" but some are not obvious. Rescue service arrived at a precise location 200 yards from the incident which could be seen. Snag was that 100 of those yards were a river.

I wouldn't think that the risk of errors in a W3W is any greater (probably less) than that of a one digit/character error in a map reference or other 'locator' system reference, is it? I imagine the idea is that 'three words' is more likely to be communicated accurately than is a 'meaningless' string of letters and numbers.

 

[JohnW2]

I am in the call book, so no secrete, anyone can look up my call sign.

Same here, but I don't publicise my call sign

If anyone wants to do some trawling/guessing, it's G3S**

 

[morqthana]

I don't think that trees in the middle of fields have a postcode.

I wouldn't think that the risk of errors in a W3W is any greater (probably less) than that of a one digit/character error in a map reference or other 'locator' system reference, is it? I imagine the idea is that 'three words' is more likely to be communicated accurately than is a 'meaningless' string of letters and numbers.

I'm trying to think what kind of map would have locations as widely spaced as UK, USA, and Vietnam depending on one single character error.

I did wonder if the W3W people have done that deliberately, to make any errors obvious.

But no.

#1 & #3 are only 75 miles apart.

 

[JohnW2]

I'm trying to think what kind of map would have locations as widely spaced as UK, USA, and Vietnam depending on one single character error.

Nor can I, but a single character error could be enough to render it useless within a country, particularly if it were, say, one of the initial two alpha characters, or the most-significant digit of one of the numerical parts, of an OS grid reference - - and similarly with other locator systems.

The OS Grid reference of my house, in NW Bucks, is SP 6**** 2****. If I change the initial "S" to an "F" (phonetically far from impossible, if being communicated by voice) the Reference then relates to a point in the Atlantic Ocean (actually the "Celtic Sea"), a bit west of the Scilly Isles. A little less dramatically (but still 'useless'), if I change the initial "6" to "1", the Reference then relates to a place in Gloucestershire.

 

[ericmark]

The problem with OS Grid reference it is only good for England, Scotland and Wales, even Ireland is different. So no good worldwide, the Maidenhead locator however does work worldwide, as does Latitude: 52.645 and Longitude: -3.330, but there is a limit to the accuracy required. In the main this will be good enough. Without a need to zoom in, once you have got to this point one's eyes should show one where what one is looking for is. We really do not need a system good enough to find the hidden Easter egg. If one ends up next door in error, they will soon tell you which house.

I use Google Maps, I know this area next to the station, no way would I want to get on/off a bus where it shows the bus stops, I have trimmed the hedge there, and it needed cones to stop traffic getting too close. So if the what.three.words uses Google Maps to give the location, then pointless being more accurate to the map.

 

[JohnW2]

The problem with OS Grid reference it is only good for England, Scotland and Wales, even Ireland is different. So no good worldwide,

Yes, but it is England, Scotland and Wales which most interest us - other countries can have their own systems.

However, you miss the point - I was merely using OS Grid References as an example to illustrate how an error in just one character could render any locator system 'useless' ...

the Maidenhead locator however does work worldwide, as does Latitude: 52.645 and Longitude: -3.330

Yes, but, again, if someone were to mis-read or mis-communicate that as 82.645 & -3.330 (just one digit incorrect), it would have become completely useless