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Subject:        Re: Death by GPS
Date:   Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:10:21 -0800
From:   Mitchell B Adelson <[log in to unmask]>
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A GPS Receiver with navigation for the car is not able to transmit a
signal. Its a one way connection.
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From:   Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:   02/04/2011 08:05 AM
Subject:        Re: Death by GPS
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Subject: Re: Death by GPS
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:07:46 -0500
From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
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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]>
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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
  >>