Using YourLo.ca/tion for SAR
YourLo.ca/tion Tracking Page
Instructions for using YourLo.ca/tion for Search and Rescue or other first responders to locate missing people.
Tag: SMS
Social Media Action Plan for SAR
Social media tracking
Presenting the Social Media Action Plan for Search and Rescue with guidance on how to use SM to assist SAR to locate missing persons.
Locating lost people using Social Media
Assisting SAR teams to locate missing people using Social Media
YourLo.ca/tion used in recent rescue
The prototype YourLo.ca/tion service was used in a recent rescue; updates on the service and an appeal for donations to keep it running.
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.
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
SMS and Search and Rescue
Well it finally happend, and frankly I’m suprised that it toook this long. A pair of subjects we looked for all of last night and part of today initiated the search by sending an SMS (Text) message. I’m sure this …