Re: How will the police find me.

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.
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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.
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Or is my friend supposed to somehow send the location information she
can see on her phone to their phone?   How?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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!"