what3words
what3words is a mapping and navigation app that helps you find, share, save, and navigate to precise locations using three-word addresses.
What is what3words?
what3words is a location and navigation app built around a global addressing system that assigns a unique three-word address to every 3 metre square. It helps people share exact meeting points, delivery entrances, parking spots, landmarks, and other hard-to-describe places without relying only on street addresses or map pins. On Mac, users can look up locations, save important places, and plan directions using the same what3words system used across the company’s apps and web tools. The app is useful for travel, outdoor meetups, property access, logistics, and everyday navigation when precision matters. It also works alongside other navigation services, letting users pass a what3words address into supported mapping apps for route guidance. what3words is published by what3words Ltd.
Key features
- Find the three-word address for a precise location anywhere in the world
- Search for a location and share it quickly with other people
- Save favorite or important places into lists for later use
- Open directions in supported navigation apps such as Apple Maps or Google Maps
- Use offline tools such as compass-based navigation for saved or found locations
- Work with what3words addresses in multiple languages
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This app is legitimate mapping software. It may request location access so it can show your current three-word address and help with navigation, which is normal for this type of app. If you allow background location use, it can affect battery life, so choose the level of access that matches how you use it. Saved places and shared locations can reveal sensitive routines or destinations, so be thoughtful about what you store and send to others.
Recommendation: Keep what3words if you use it to share exact locations, save places, or navigate to hard-to-describe destinations. If you no longer use its three-word addressing system, you can remove it like any other app; doing so will stop access to saved places and in-app location tools on this Mac.
Common paths
/Applications/what3words.app
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/maccatalyst.com.what3words.ios.mac
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