In GB we have OS grid references which can get to 1m accuracy.
These are widely used and understood, particularly by those of us who go
out on the moors.
Phil (trigpoint)
On 18/08/2019 02:22, John Whelan wrote:
Apparently some Fire brigades ask people who are lost on moors etc to
download
On 18/08/2019 08:35, Tom Hughes wrote:
On 18/08/2019 02:22, John Whelan wrote:
Apparently some Fire brigades ask people who are lost on moors etc to
download What3words then tell them their location.
In the UK any even vaguely modern smartphone will send location data
with a 999 call anyway,
On 18/08/2019 02:22, John Whelan wrote:
Apparently some Fire brigades ask people who are lost on moors etc to
download What3words then tell them their location.
In the UK any even vaguely modern smartphone will send location data
with a 999 call anyway, as Ed made clear in response to all
this is basic functionality of the standard apps, e.g. apple maps, google maps.
Just share your location and select message/sms.
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This does exist, of course, ans open source:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.perm.trubnikov.gps2sms=en_US=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dgps+to+sms=APPU_1_meRYXYf3HYqJrwSTj73oDQ
Le 18 août 2019 05:26:02 GMT+02:00, stevea a écrit :
>This feels like an
This feels like an interesting side project for OSM to keep its hands warm,
rubbing over the campfire, ready to toss in a shoulder of help if needed.
Warin (below) says "a few years" yet I think with some good communication,
coordination among countries, 112 / E911 / 999 communities, mutual
On the SMS front, it is not a question of an app but the receiving organisation
Internationally 112 is the single number that is allocated to emergency
services from cell phones.
In some countries that gets you a call centre that then sends you off to the
police, fire or ambulance. in other
For IOS it would appear GPS2SMS version 2 does exactly that
Cheers - Phil,
On the road with his iPad
> On 18 Aug 2019, at 12:06 pm, stevea wrote:
>
> John's on the path here: let's eliminate a potential cut-and-paste (or
> remember "too many digits" step). If there isn't an app (Android,
As I think about it, there's likely E911 (in the USA) organizations (standards
bodies, coordinating mutual aid people...) who either are talking about this or
already have. I imagine an app which is smart enough to "burst off to all
possible channels of communication, whatever your emergency
John's on the path here: let's eliminate a potential cut-and-paste (or
remember "too many digits" step). If there isn't an app (Android, iOS...) for
"tap this button to ask the GPS to put my lat-lon into a (decimal) text string
and prompt me for the phone # of an SMS that sends it (with my
On 17/8/19 19:22, John Whelan wrote:
> Apparently some Fire brigades ask people who are lost on moors etc to
> download What3words then tell them their location.
>
> Isn't there a simpler way? Perhaps to get a text message sent with the
> long and lat?
Geographic coordinates may be the
On 18/08/19 11:22, John Whelan wrote:
Apparently some Fire brigades ask people who are lost on moors etc to
download What3words then tell them their location.
Isn't there a simpler way? Perhaps to get a text message sent with
the long and lat?
ref
Apparently some Fire brigades ask people who are lost on moors etc to
download What3words then tell them their location.
Isn't there a simpler way? Perhaps to get a text message sent with the
long and lat?
ref
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-49319760
Thanks John
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