Re: How will the police find me.

micky wrote on Mon, 20 May 2024 01:11:51 -0400 :

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

There are many solutions to the problem you posited above, one of which is
that Andy Burns in a recent thread mentioned a US carrier that will switch
to satellite communications if there isn't any cellular connection.

However, if you have a cellular connection, we've discussed on this
newsgroup many times the typical SOS apps which will send your latitude &
longitude (and even a map with your pre-prepared text if you like) to
anyone listed as your emergency contact.

Offhand, one is SOS Alert where you press a homescreen button to send a
pre-prepared SOS message & your GPS location to up to 5 contacts).
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.main.contacts.smsmanager>

Another one which requires more button presses but which is more useful in
day-to-day hiking situations is this app which sends the GPS by SMS.
 *GPS to SMS* - location sharing by Tralchonok Labs
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.perm.trubnikov.gps2sms>
 <https://github.com/tral/GPS2SMS>
 <https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/app-2-2-gps-to-sms-location-sharing.2994187/>

Of course, you have to be alive for that to happen, and you need cellular
signal, although if you're still ambulatory, it will send when you
eventually move into a cellular coverage area.

If you don't have a cellular connection, that's why I keep a HAM radio in
my pack when I'm on off trail hikes in the mountains.