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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: How will the police find me.
Date: 21 May 2024 19:19:06 GMT
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micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
[...]

> Of course it's on topic. (and far, far more than knuttle's post that you
> praised.)  Google maps is an Android app that everyone has, and how to
> relay to the police what the maps app says about a missing person's
> location is a question about more than the maps app. It's about Android
> usage in general. 
> 
> I think the only current way to do this would be to take a screen shot,
> or several at different levels of zoom, and send that to some police
> number that accepts email. I think I've heard that 911 will accept
> emails at least in parts of the country/world, but if it won't, the
> police will give you a number that will.  
> 
> How to take a screenshot and then find the file or the file name and how
> to "share" that with the police is another set of Android questions.
> 
> My friend is one county away from where I live, so I think the easiest
> thing in my case would be to send the Carroll County or state police to
> her home and look at the map there.  If someone used a friend 1000 miles
> away, when a friend is missing, it would then be worth learning how to
> take and email screenshots. 
> 
> Or one could borrow another cellphone and photograph the screen of the
> first one and send that picture.  

  I assume you use the location sharing feature of Google Maps.
  
  Assuming your ex-girlfriend knows how to use Google Maps, she can see
your last known location. She can 'pin' that location by long-pressing
it and then she can 'Share' (see bottom of screen) that location by any
of the available sharing methods, i.e. SMS, email, instant messaging
(WhatsApp), etc., etc..

  The sharing goes via the Google Maps URL [1] of the location. Sadly, I do
not see a method to share the actual coordinates, which would be better.
Also see Chris' earlier reference to WhatThreeWords.

  BTW, do *not* use a screenshot if the above methods are available. The
screenshot might not contain enough of the surroundings to pinpoint the
location and even if it does, it's uneccessarily hard to determine the
actual coordinates (within some reasonable accuracy).

  If your ex-girlfriend does not know how to use Google Maps, it's best
if she goes to the police or they come to her, and take it from there.

[1] Example: <https://maps.app.goo.gl/2TpN5LggxDJNQN7F6> (which is The
White House).