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Subject: Re: Death by GPS
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:25:13 -0500
From: Stone, Howard <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>


I thought that a GPS tracks your location (privacy advocates often
complain about this), which would enable rescue and law-enforcement
personnel to find you in an emergency. Am I wrong about this?

Howard Stone, Brown University


On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Subject:        Death by GPS
> Date:   Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:48:35 -0800
> From:   Dyallen2 <[log in to unmask]>
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> Here is an interesting tidbit from the copied by the Bureau of Land
> Management in California from the Sacramento Bee:
> lettering "Heat Kills" over a gravestonetwo hikers look over a rocky
> desert landscape*"'Death by GPS' in the desert"*(Sacramento Bee, 1/30/11)
> "Danger has long stalked those who venture into California's desert in
> the heat of summer." But as more people visit, "technology and tragedy
> are mixing in new and unexpected ways." Said Death Valley wilderness
> coordinator Charlie Callagan, "People are renting vehicles with GPS and
> they have no idea how it works and they are willing to trust the GPS to
> lead them into the middle of nowhere." Stories of deaths in the desert
> are "reminders that even with a growing suite of digital devices at our
> side, technology cannot guarantee survival i n the wild. Worse, it is
> giving many a false sense of security and luring some into danger and
> death."
> http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/30/3362727/death-by-gps-in-desert.html
>
> David Allen
> Encinitas, CA
>