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Subject: Re: How will the police find me.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 07:47:51 +0200
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On 20.05.2024 07:11, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, 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.
> 
> I presume you're kidding, but just in case, I'll answer as if you
> weren't.
> 
> I've been hiking in the woods alone since I was 6 years old.  I never
> get lost,  I especially like hikes with only deer trails or no trails at
> all. For example I led a hike through the Crownsville Hospital forest
> years before it opened to the public. As well as the Rocky Gorge
> Reservoir, which still has no trails at all.  When I camp, I rarely use
> a tent and on one occasion, I camped without a sleeping bag and slept
> totally without clothes (and that was in a campground!) I've spent the
> night atop Mt. Katahdin, even though it was against the rules. (wanted
> to watch the sun rise.) 
> 
> And I eat my meat raw. 
> 
> I know all about blazed trails, but I don't limit myself to them.  OTOH,
> I don't want my half-day hike to last an extra hour because I miss a
> turn.  
> 
> Do you hike alone?  On weekdays when you are likely the only person
> there?   When I was 60, I wasn't concerned about this but at age 77, I
> know it's possible I'll break a leg or have a heart attack, and it's
> foolish not to take a phone.  In case I'm unconscious or my phone is
> broken, it's foolish not to take advantage of the tech marvels of the
> age, so that if I don't come back when I plan to, a friend can send
> someone to look for me, rather than my lying there all night (possibly
> in the rain).  But I guess you're a real man and dying alone in the
> woods won't bother you. 

Even more *OT*. Has nothing to do with Android.
And this is not therapy group for nutty hikers.

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"Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant!"