SARScene 2012 Presentation
This year I gave a presentation titled “Best Practices in Managing Geospatial Data for SAR Teams”
Tag: smart phone
Measuring Smartphone GPS accuracy
Measuring the accuracy of a Smartphone GPS, showing that it is signifcantly less accurate than a wilderness GPS
The idiocy of using social media to call for help
Share designed by <a href="http://www.thenounproject.com/Mikhail1986">Michael Rowe</a> from the <a href="http://www.thenounproject.com">Noun Project</a>
Why posting to Social Media when you are lost is a very very stupid thing to do
Cell phones and GPS
Some recent news reports contain conflicting information on Cell phones and GPS reliability for SAR use, I attempt to clarify
The use of Smartphones in SAR
A discussion of various ways SAR members can use smartphones
Smart Phones and Battery Life
The biggest energy drain in a smart phone other than the cellular radio is the screen. Advice on how to best use this information, and preserve battery life
SPOT Connect and Smart Phones
I’d like to direct people to Will Gadd’s article on the SPOT Connect. I’ve previously written how smartphones should not be used as a primary navigation device for backcountry travelers. Will points out that the SPOT connect, when paired with …
Why you shouldn’t use Smart Phones for Backcountry Navigation
Smart phones are problematic for backcountry navigation; they are fagile, have terrible battery life, and are less accurate than a wilderness GPS unit.
On Coordinates
SAR Member using a map
An article about recording and transmitting geographic coordinates accurately.