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Guidelines for posting about missing persons

By Michael Coyle Posted on 21/07/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with amber alert, dementia, silver alert

Guidelines for posting about missing persons – media and many other organizations routinely botch news about missing people leading to bad or misleading informaiton.

UAV Operations for Canadian SAR Teams

By Michael Coyle Posted on 16/07/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with Regulations, SAR, UAV
UAV Operations for Canadian SAR Teams

UAV operations for SAR teams in Canada; bottom line is amateur operators cannot fly for Search and Rescue

How far did I go?

By Michael Coyle Posted on 14/07/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with calculus, fractals, GPS, tech, technology
How far did I go?

How far did I go? How GPS measurement distorts perception of distance in the backcountry

Uses for UAVs in SAR

By Michael Coyle Posted on 10/07/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with communications, tech, technology, UAV
Uses for UAVs in SAR

Some proposed uses for UAVs in SAR based on a year of consulting experts, feel free to contribute to this conversation.

My Country

By Michael Coyle Posted on 01/07/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with across Canada, Canada, cycling
My Country

20 years ago I cycled across Canada. Remembering my country when she was just 127 years old – still beautiful.

Why I blog

By Michael Coyle Posted on 13/06/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with blog, meta, writing
Why I blog
Rapping with my 3.5 year old climbing partner.

For my 300th blog post I thought I would look back on the last few years, and write about why I do this in the first place.

On Life Jackets

By Michael Coyle Posted on 20/05/2014 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with drowning, grim, life jackets, rescue, water
On Life Jackets

Hundreds of people die of drowning every year because they are not wearing life jackets.

Missing versus Lost

By Michael Coyle Posted on 16/05/2014 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with lost, missing
Missing versus Lost

What’s the difference between being lost and being missing?

UAV Regulations

By Michael Coyle Posted on 12/05/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with regulation, UAV
UAV Regulations
QuadCopter UAV

UAV regulations that ban their use are worse than nothing because people are going to fly them anyway. Common sense regulations need to be put in place.

TrueNorth public beta

By Michael Coyle Posted on 01/05/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with beta, GIS, GPS, SAR, technology, TrueNorth
TrueNorth public beta
Mount Mamquam area

TrueNorth is in public beta – using a GIS is like writing a resume with Photoshop, come get your mapping word processor.

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