The future of public safety communications
Last week I was in Ashcroft testing what will become the future of public safety communications networking; initial impressions of this emerging tech.
Tag: smart phone
Locating lost people using Social Media
Assisting SAR teams to locate missing people using Social Media
Measuring GPS Precision
Following up on a series of posts on how to measure the error in a GPS, I’ve written a simple too that will let you calculate the precision of any GPS unit.
Smart Phone and GPS
Clarifications and reiterating smart phone GPS capabilities, PLBs, and how to automate the process of determining someone’s location.
BC TRIM Maps are just PDF
Detail of map 092G036. You can't see the labels on the grid lines, so useless for navigation.
There’s a lot of misinformation about the newly downloadable BC TRIM maps in PDF formats. They are not “apps” and they are not a replacement for paper maps.
Calling for help early saves lives
We used some high tech yesterday to locate the subjects of a search, but the real credit goes to calling for help early!
BCA Tracker 3 Avalanche Transceiver
Compared to a Tracker 2
I got a first look at the BCA Tracker 3 Avalanche Beacon last week.
Locating lost people using smart phones
People don’t know how to make their smart phone show their location, so I created a service that lets SAR track a person’s location via their smart phone.
The SpareOne Emergency Cell Phone
The SpareOne: a simple, voice-only 2G phone powered by 1 “AA” battery, but DOES NOT WORK on the Telus (3G) network. Otherwise perfect for emergencies
Stop with the Smart Phones already
People are still under the impression a Smart Phone can replace a GPS in the wilderness, and they’re still wrong.