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From: "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net>
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Subject: Re: How will the police find me.
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 08:49:15 -0800
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Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Bill Bradshaw <bradshaw@gci.net> wrote:
>> micky wrote:
>>> Going hiking tomorrow.  Finally realized I was sending my location
>>> to my ex-GF, but I hadn't told her how to see it.   Assuming the
>>> worst, that I break my leg and can't get off the trail, but the
>>> phone is broken or stolen, and assuming she actually notices it's
>>> 6PM and I still haven't texted her to say I'm done, she can see my
>>> phone's location using the simple instructions I found on the web.
>>
>> When I am out alone I always run a track on my GPS (not phone) which
>> I can follow back so I do not get lost because I am 78 years old.
>> If you are really worried you should look at something like a Garmin
>> inReach.
>
>  We also have an old (non-phone) GPS (Garmin), which can lay
> 'breadcrumbs' for backtracking. Got us out of a mess in outback
> Australia where there was a maze of non-signposted dirt tracks and our
> maps (paper and offline smartphone ones) failed us.
>
>  Two-way (text/SMS) satellite communication like the Garmin InReach is
> of course better, but also more expensive, because of the monthly
> costs for the subscription.
>
>  When we're in the boonies of Australia, we have a PLB (Personal
> Locator Beacon). That gives only a signal - not a message - and your
> location to the satellite, but doesn't need a costly subscription.
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_position-indicating_radiobeacon#Personal_Locator_Beacon>

I am sending this to you and Andrew.  If you do not have cell phone service 
how can you send somebody your location and problem?

<Bill>