The YourLo.ca/tion team got a nice shout-out from Arrowsmith SAR today as they used the service to locate two missing people near Englishman River Falls Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This incident illustrates the limitations of the “network location” currently available to the 911 system in the region – it gives a rough location […]
Category: Case Study
Case Study: Missing Canoeists
On March 9th 2015 Coquitlam Search and Rescue was activated for two lost canoeists on the Pitt River in South western British Columbia. They reported they were lost, and cold, somewhere on Pitt Lake. YourLo.ca/tion was used to request their location. The service worked, pinpointing them with 5 meters accuracy. The location was provided to […]