Zero Geography reports on a real-time game using GPS devices which has – for our purposes, interesting applications for coordinating SAR or other response efforts. From Zero Geography: GPS Real-World Gaming in Hybrid Space. watch life as we know it online watch life as we know it online A real-time, multiplayer, GPS game for mobiles [...]
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“Plane sent 24 error messages” prior to vanishing and presumably crashing, according to the BBC. The Air France jet which went missing over the Atlantic sent 24 error messages before it crashed, French investigators say.
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The December 2007/January 2008 issue of National Geographic Adventure has an excellent piece by James Vlahos about the SAR (Search And Rescue) effort following Steve Fossett’s disappearance. “The Vanishing” appears on page 68 of the print edition – but not at all on National Geographic Adventure‘s on-line counterpart. Vlahos makes some interesting points about the [...]
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The same messages can be communicated by signalling the letter "K" in Morse code via signal lamp. (While a proper signal lamp may be ideal, a flashlight, probably best employing red LEDs, will certainly fit the bill).
In Morse, the letter "K" is represent as Dash - Dot -- Dash.
The ICS also has a subset, the Medical Signal Code, which uses three-character phrases to communicate brief medical messages.