As well, not only is Mercedez Benz using the system in its cars, but the app is being used for Mongolia's postal service and Lonely Planet now includes three-word addresses for points of interest.

Now, an app called what3words can help. It’s a free app that lets you pinpoint your location using a combination of three unique words.

You don’t need a phone signal to tell someone your three-word location using the app. How was a stranded kayaker saved by the app?

If you're ever in trouble, your life could be saved by using three simple words. Find out more.

When downloaded onto a smartphone, the app pinpoints your location via GPS, much like Google Maps, but gives your location in the three-word code. That code is what others would use to locate you.

New location app has a unique way of making sure you can find anyone anywhere in the world using just three words.

A stranded kayaker rescued by using an app has urged everyone to download it as it could “save your life”.

What3words is a smartphone app that divides the entire planet into 57 trillion squares, each measuring three metres by three metres, and assigns each a unique sequence of three words.