Dean, a very informative and sensible post. I will certainly see if such a
system exists in the UK.
Regards John Duggan
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> On 9 Nov 2017, at 15:39, Dean Hansen <hanse112@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Mile Lazzari posted about a Search and Rescue mission that had a bad
> ending. Every time I read about one of these tragedies I'm reminded of a
> story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune a few years ago after two women who
> became lost, and died, at Craters of the Moon NP. Fatal outcomes like this
> are so unnecessary--this is the 21st century, and there are hundreds of
> satellites orbiting the earth, and the appropriate satellites are easily
> accessed by an inexpensive (under $100) satellite messenger unit. I have
> one made by SPOT LLC (www.findmespot.com/en/), and I have it with me
> whenever I'm out in the wilds alone. Turn it on, press a button, and an
> "I'm safe" message is sent as an email to my wife and two daughters, with
> my GPS coordinates and location on Google Earth as a link. This October my
> wife and I hiked to the highest point in Minnesota, and I let our kids know
> where we were. See (click on satellite image and zoom in): <
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=47.97470,-
> 89.75928&ll=47.97470,-89.75928&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1
> <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=47.97470,-89.75928&ll=47.97470,-89.75928&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1>>.
> I'm standing just north of the base of a fire tower. The marker of my
> location on the link is within 15', or less, of where I remember standing
> when I pressed that "check in" button. But if I had been alone, and had
> fallen and broken a leg, and needed help desperately, I could have pushed
> the "SOS" button and had my location sent to the "GEOS International
> Emergency Response Coordination Center [which would provide my] GPS
> coordinates and information to local response teams."
> I'm out in the wilds a good deal, usually alone, and this SPOT
> satellite messenger is on my belt constantly. Like seat belts and air bags
> in ones car, the hope is that it will never be needed. But if it is, its
> accuracy in pinpointing the user's location is amazing. Consider getting
> one if you're out in the great outdoors, hiking, photographing, hunting,
> whatever. The young hiker Mike mentioned could well have been found alive
> if he had had one of these inexpensive units.
> Dean
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