Originally Posted By billstephenson
Creating an app for a phone to send a lat/long to a given address at set intervals should be a very simple thing.

People have their priorities.



Not about people's priorities. It's about doing what it takes to do the job. That is THE priority.

The app needs to work without data connection.

Search will be based on verifiable info. If we have to guess - does he have his phone? Does the phone have the app? Did he use the app? - forget it. We're looking up his itinerary, interviewing the reporting party, and starting from the point last seen. Law enforcement does not operate on Maybe if it can be helped. Footprints trump 'Maybe we can ping a cell phone'.


Edited by lori (11/20/12 04:46 PM)
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