Ping a bunch of different known locations and extrapolate a rough location through response times, then use voip to call the coast guard that presides over that area and coordinate rescue using their knowledge of the area while I ping servers in a smaller and smaller geo region to attempt to narrow the search
What kind of ping are we talking about? I’m curious if it would work. Network ping is based on algorithms, topology, congestion and other variables, not necessarily the actual distance between locations.
Ping a bunch of different known locations and extrapolate a rough location through response times, then use voip to call the coast guard that presides over that area and coordinate rescue using their knowledge of the area while I ping servers in a smaller and smaller geo region to attempt to narrow the search
What kind of ping are we talking about? I’m curious if it would work. Network ping is based on algorithms, topology, congestion and other variables, not necessarily the actual distance between locations.
Reminds me of that old story of the email server that couldn’t send emails farther than 500 miles: https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html
Thanks for that, I had totally forgotten about this story!