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Subject: Re: How will the police find me.
Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 21:58:37 -0400
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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.