James Kim - GPS and the Irony of His Death
By Bernie on 09 Dec 2006
I have nothing to add to the tragic story other than to note that James had reviewed more than a dozen GPS portable systems, any one of which ironically might have saved his life if he had one with him that day.
Click on photo above for link to CNET with a video memoriam to James.
Related: But some are reporting that it might have been questionable directions given by online mapping services that might have contributed to the death of James Kim, see theage.com.au - Online map linked to fatal turn, Excerpt: When using the Yahoo Maps, MapQuest and Google Maps online services to plot directions from Grants Pass to Gold Beach, Yahoo and MapQuest both recommend taking the same, safer highway route, while Google suggests a shortcut through roads that become dangerous in winter.
ABC News - Stranded Family Took Road Vandal Opened, Excerpt: A San Francisco man who got stranded with his family in the snowy wilderness had taken a wrong turn in the car down a logging road that is normally blocked by a gate, but vandals had cut the lock, authorities said Friday.
NY Times - Lost, Even in the Age of High Technology, Excerpt: James Kim’s father hired private helicopters to search. The authorities used heat-sensing equipment and traced pings to nearby cellphone towers. Mr. Kim marked his trail with clothes and other clues.
Yet nearly two weeks after he and his family vanished in the Klamath Mountains in southwest Oregon, Mr. Kim was lost forever. His body was found Wednesday in a creek bed where he had succumbed to hypothermia after walking miles to seek help.
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