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Subject: Re: [MAPS-L] Death by GPS
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:15:27 -0600
From: Robert T Wyatt <[log in to unmask]>
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To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>
CC: Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>

Yes, but you are assuming there was a method of communicating the data
to someone; she was out of range.

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