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On Sun, 19 May 2024 21:58:37 -0400, knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 05/19/2024 9:46 PM, 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.
>> 
>> But if she's unable to explain to the police where I am, how do the
>> police figure it out?    Can they see everyone's location just by
>> knowing their phone number?   This would be bad if it were for suspected
>> criminals and they didn't have a warrant, but if it's to save me, I'd
>> sort of like for them to know where I am.  And I don't want there to be
>> a lot of time required to enable it each time for each new lost person.
>> 
>> Or is my friend supposed to somehow send the location information she
>> can see on her phone to their phone?   How?
>> 
>> 
>> BTW, I started doing this last fall, without realizing the plan was
>> incomplete.  Since then the AllTrails app has added the same feature to
>> its maps.  It probably piggybacks on Google maps.  I'll know when I try
>> the two tomorrow.   The AllTrails app is fantastic in that you can use
>> it for free if you have cellular signal where you are walking, and if
>> you pay for a year, you can download all the maps you'll want to use
>> (which I think continue to work even after your subscription has
>> expired) and you can use them without a cell signal.  AND, they show
>> where on the trail you are.  The maps zoom in more than google maps do.
>> I think they'll even tell you when it's time to turn, but that's not
>> something I'd likely want to use.
>> 
>> I've come across a couple other non-Google maps that include GPS.  I
>> think the Yorktown battlefield in Virginia was one of them. You really
>> have to give a lot of credit to the USA government for putting those
>> satellites up there.  Who would even have thunk it that this could work?
>> OTOH, i've read that the whole thing is a scam, and GPS doesn't really
>> show where you are.  It just sends random locations, and people believe
>> they are accurate.  People are so suggestible.  Many have drunk the
>> kool-aid and they believe in GPS and vaccines.  It's sad.
>
>If you had Been in the Boy Scouts you would learn to live in the woods 
>without a electronic device of any type.  You would learn about mark or 
>finding marks so you could retrace your path.  You would learn about 
>finding your direction so you do not get lost.
>
>Learn to be in the woods before you go off wandering on a hike depending 
>on your cellphone.  Knowledge of the Woods will save your life when your 
>batteries expire.

It's not so easy to do all that with a broken leg.