Re: How will the police find me.

Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:

Chris wrote on Thu, 23 May 2024 21:33:01 -0000 (UTC) :
 

No, the post revolved around knowing with some precision where I was,

 
Which in the scenario you provided of your phone being stolen or broken is
impossible.

 
If the phone is broken or stolen, the next best bet is a HAM or Satellite
radio in the backpack. Now if even the backpack is stolen or crushed....
then I'm out of ideas for micky's situation.

He also mentioned unconscious...

Only GPS and battery, and I have plenty of battery and GPS is exceedinly
reliable.  There was no cell signal on 90% of the trail, and certainly
no wifi.

 
Well that's useless for anyone but you. Your ex nor the police will ever
where you are from your phone 90% of the time.

 
In order for him to communicate, he's gonna need either a radio, or, if
they're looking for him, a mirror or bright flashlight.

He doesn't want to communicate. He wants a system where it'll do everything
for him if he becomes incapacitated.

Lots of people have spelled HELP in the sand on an island also... but
that's far out of the realm of the comp.mobile.android newsgroup I think.
 

But I challenge your use of "depend on".  You missed the part that I had
told my friend where I was going on and how long it would take me.  

 
Good.

 
I have a similar issues as micky does, in that I hike alone and I'm well
into my age of breaking bones being easy - so that's why I have SOS
mechanisms on my phone (which require cellular signal of course).
 
I also keep a small ham radio in a plastic bag in the backpack.
 

The
technology part is a supplement, so that they will be find me faster.

 
Not without a data connection they won't.

 
Actually, he doesn't need a "data" connection, per se, since SMS doesn't
need cellular data

Micky doesn't want to be able to send a message.