Rescue Now - Latitude and Longitude app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Magnus Development
First release : 29 Jul 2013
App size: 27.05 Mb
This app can save your life! Have you ever been stranded without knowing where exactly you are? Now you can direct rescue workers directly to you no matter where you are on the planet! This app displays your latitude, longitude, and altitude in a clean, easy-to-read format. Giant labels display your current coordinates and altitude while the “Speak” button allows you to audibly hear your current location, spoken in the correct manner. The option button allows you to change a few simple settings including changing between degrees and decimal format, and between feet and meters for altitude. The “Share” button allows you to send your location via email, image, copying it to the clipboard, or viewing it on a map.
This app was made in close conjunction with emergency rescue personnel to create an app unmatched among its competitors. Optimized for the specific accuracy of iOS devices, Rescue Now provides detailed information, while not displaying extraneous information or excessive unneeded options.
Rescue Now is perfect for urban and rural excursions, emergency rescue personnel, outdoorsman, hobbyists, or anyone who needs a quick and simple way to view their latitude, longitude, and altitude. This is the cheapest life insurance you can buy!
Features:
• Literal life saver
• Very large, easy to read labels
• Extremely accurate
• Display lat and long in degrees or decimal format
• Display altitude in feet or meters
• App can speak latitude and longitude in the correct manner
• Extremely simple, clean interface
• All device orientations supported
Latest reviews of Rescue Now - Latitude and Longitude app for iPhone and iPad
Im a career Firefighter/EMT. We recently had a patient who was 4-wheeling and had an accident. They were unable to give us their exact location. Once we found them we called for an air rescue helicopter. We had two rescue personnel who had GPS apps on their smartphones, but we had trouble with both displaying the current lat/long. We had a bystander show up who also had a smartphone GPS app, but they had never used it. When we finally got to the Lat/long display the tiny font was almost impossible to read in the bright sunshine. This all happened as the helicopter was flying overhead asking for our exact location. We finally did get the lat/long to the pilot and the patient was flown out; however, it really demonstrated the need for a simple easy to read app. Im recommending this app to everyone I know. Whether my wife has a flat on the freeway and doesnt know her exact location, or the kids are biking on a trail and get hurt, help will know their location. FYI-- lat/long in decimal format can be entered directly in Google Maps, with a comma between the two. It will then show the location on a map and route you to it. I cant recommended this app enough as it greatly facilitates Fire/Police/EMS personnel or even family members to come to your assistance.
I love this app! I never have to fear being lost again. Highly recommend.
My emailed lat/long coordinates in the city of Houston read as follows (truncated minutes and seconds for privacy): "My Location is: Latitude 29 degrees... west. Longitude -95 degrees... north. Altitude 78 Feet" The "north"and "west" designations are switched. It would be most helpful if the email would include a clickable link that would open an exact location in maps.