[Scan-DC] Montgo County search

[Jeff Krauss]

I was listening to the search, and at the same time looking at the 
aerial photography at Google Earth.  The ECC was able to establish 
"Phase 2" latitude and longitude for the elderly missing person from 
his cellphone.  Phase 2 means the actual location based either on a 
GPS receiver in the phone or a sophisticated multilateration network, 
as opposed to some estimate based on the nearest cell towers (called 
Phase 1).  But the Incident Commander seemed to think the location 
was based on cell phone tower locations.

The dispatcher gave the location with a format three digits,dot, 
three digits, dot, three digits.  When Trooper 1 got that information 
they replied "too many digits".  I discarded the last three digits 
and entered the three dot three into Google Earth.  I was seeing not 
the heavily wooded area they were searching near the parking lot, but 
a cleared area a little south of there with four rows of trees 
running north-south.  This was about N 34 degrees 4 minutes 35 sec W 
77 deg 24 min 32 sec.  I was wondering whether I should call ECC and 
tell them what I was seeing,   But then ATV 14 found him.  So I did nothing.