Location tracking
#26
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 523
Bikes: Trek Domane, Surly Disc Trucker
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 170 Post(s)
Liked 103 Times
in
68 Posts
Agree with the others - it can be very easy to lose cell service. I'm in Connecticut - even in Southern New England, a pretty populated area, you can lose service. On the lighter note, I do tell her where I'll be parking the car so at least she can recover that even if I can't be found.
#27
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: South shore, L.I., NY
Posts: 6,882
Bikes: Flyxii FR322, Cannondale Topstone, Miyata City Liner, Specialized Chisel, Specialized Epic Evo
Mentioned: 18 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3238 Post(s)
Liked 2,086 Times
in
1,181 Posts
Agree with the others - it can be very easy to lose cell service. I'm in Connecticut - even in Southern New England, a pretty populated area, you can lose service. On the lighter note, I do tell her where I'll be parking the car so at least she can recover that even if I can't be found.
Likes For Steve B.:
#28
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 523
Bikes: Trek Domane, Surly Disc Trucker
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 170 Post(s)
Liked 103 Times
in
68 Posts
Timely article in the Wall Street Journal regarding the iphone satellite tracking (iphone owners I'm sure knew this!). Article also refers to inreach and SPOT. To the points made earlier, there looks to be some fast-evolving tech in this space. inreach and SPOT do have the advantage of sending messages to contacts but I'd expect Apple and the Android counterparts to get that capability on their phones, too, at some point in the future.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-...3dzSTeNaOB53vw
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-...3dzSTeNaOB53vw