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Subject: Re: Death by GPS
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 10:27:16 -0600
From: Nat Case <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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I think the mistake a lot of people make (probably too many bad spy
movies) is that the GPS satellite "knows where you are." It doesn't, any
more than the lighthouse knows where the ships at sea are. Only your
device "knows where you are," and if your device doesn't have a way to
communicate to the wider world, you are toast. I think smartphones have
made misunderstanding more prevalent: the smartphones do have a way of
communicating your location to the wider world... assuming you can get a
signal...
Nat Case, Head of Production
*HEDBERG MAPS, INC.*
Creative Cartographic and Marketing Solutions
http://www.hedbergmaps.com
612-706-9686
1500 Jackson St NE, Suite 314
Minneapolis, MN 55413 USA
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Death by GPS
> Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:07:46 -0500
> From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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> True, but if nobody calls for help the GPS isn't going to do you a bit
> of good! (and, not all GPS units are totally accurate either) Plus, once
> the batteries run down, still no good...
>
> Paige
>
> On 2/4/2011 9:55 AM, Angie Cope wrote:
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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
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>> 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:
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Death by GPS
>>> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:48:35 -0800
>>> From: Dyallen2 <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [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
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