About Us
What is Safeplace 24?
Welcome. The Safeplace 24 system allows you to pinpoint any location on the planet with 4 words. It really is as simple as that.
Need to give someone your location?
Give them the 4 words.
Been sent a 4 word location?
Use our system to see exactly where they are.
What are the benefits?
There are several key benefits of using Safeplace 24 over other ways to share your location.
- Four words are easier to communicate than long and cryptic GPS coordinates. You are much less likely to mis-read or mis-hear an English word than a digit in a long sequence of numbers. This is especially true if you are telling someone your location over the phone. You don't need to know the name of the road or town you are in, just those four words.
- Postcodes aren't always available and can cover huge areas. Giving someone a postcode is nice and short, but only apply to addressable areas - so won't count if you are in the countryside or a remote location. Plus, they often cover several streets so are no good if you want to find someone or where you parked the car for example.
- Every unique location in the world can be pinpointed with four words. The location system covers land and sea, across the entire globe.
- The four words read like a news headline, making them easier to remember. This isn't always the case but most 4 word locations are structured so they read almost like a news headline.
- You can enter the four words in any order. The system is flexible enough that words can actually be entered in any order you like and they will still point to the same location. This is especially helpful for anyone who may mix words up due to ADHD, dyslexia or are in a stressful situation.
- There are no singular and plural versions of words, and words are never repeated for the same location. You will never find both singular and plural versions of words anywhere, for example "forest" and "forests". They are too easy to get mixed up. You will also never find the same word repeated in an address, which would also be confusing.
Download the FREE App
Download our app to use Safeplace 24 without an internet connection*.
NEW in version 2:
- Now you can SPEAK the four words and the app will recognise them.
- You can bookmark locations for revisiting or sharing later.
- View the location on the embedded map without leaving the app*.
- See which direction a location is by using the built-in compass, and how far away it is.
* Using the embedded map is the only feature which requires an internet connection.
How does it work?
The system is proprietary and quite complex behind the scenes, but here is the important information you may need to ensure you can trust it.
- Each location is accurate to roughly 11 meters. This is about the length of a bus, so if you are looking for someone at that location it should be pretty easy to find them.
- Each of the four words is unique. Words are never repeated in the same sequence, which helps you check it is a real Safeplace 24 location.
- Words aren't duplicated as single and plural. To prevent mistakes and make checking easier, you won't find the singular and plural version of words in a Safeplace 24 address.
- The words can be read and entered in any order. Being able to enter the words in any order to point to the same geographical location is incredibly useful and helps to prevent any mistakes.
- When sharing words, they can be separated with a space, or a dot etc. As words always consist of alphabetic characters, when you share them you can separate them with a space or a dot, or even a dash character if you wanted to. We prefer to use spaces when messaging people unless we are sharing the full URL link where words would be separated with dots.
Can you give some examples?
If the person receiving the location knows you use Safeplace 24 then you can just send them the four words like this:
Adorable Harding Misspells Liquor
If you want to share the full URL which will take the recipient straight to our website with a pin in the map showing the location, they look like this:
https://safeplace24.com/Adorable.Harding.Misspells.Liquor
Here are a few famous world landmarks to give you an idea of what the links look like:
Buckingham Palace, London (UK)
https://safeplace24.com/Adorable.Harding.Misspells.Liquor
The White House, Washington DC (USA)
https://safeplace24.com/Lime.Craven.Persuades.Encircle
Sydney Opera House (Australia)
https://safeplace24.com/Infinite.Jefferson.Collates.Trade
Imperial Palace, Tokyo (Japan)
https://safeplace24.com/Tremendous.Carver.Juggles.Tea
Machu Picchu (Peru)
https://safeplace24.com/Grand.Miguel.Likes.Examiner
Who is behind Safeplace 24?
We are Statistics 24 Limited and we specialise in cloud based applications that make life better, especially for education.
Neil King - Coding and technical stuff.
Software engineer, games designer, and an active player in the IT industry for decades. Applications creator for multiple sectors including education, automotive, child safety, medical and gaming. Two no.1 apps in the App Store and author of "Make Independent Computer Games". Generally regarded as a technical wizard.
Jamie Smith - All things business related.
Executive Chairman of a Google Premier Partner. TEDx speaker 'Education in the Digital Age', author of 'Making Money from Stocks and Shares', Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, blogger and lifelong supporter of Unicef. Believes passionately that education is the only solution to all of the world's problems and huge fan of all things Googley.
Need a simple method for your users to report safeguarding concerns?
Another of our popular products is called Safeguarding 24 and it allows students and staff to report any safeguarding concerns directly to your organisation easily, quickly and securely from anywhere. Your designated safeguarding officer/team receive the reports which can include evidence of what happened during video calls, on social media, during messenger chats, while commuting etc. and can also include the users location if they wish.
For more information visit: https://www.safeguarding24.com
Contact us
You can contact us using any of the following methods:
Email: enquiries@safeguarding24.com
X/Twitter: @24safeguarding
