A lost bushwalker has been rescued after police convinced her to download and use a GPS-locator app on her smartphone. Police were called to the Mooray walking track at Heathcote, NSW, following reports of a lost bushwalker at about 6pm on Sunday. Police contacted the 56-year-old woman and dispatchers convinced her to Emergency+ app on her smartphone so emergency services could get her exact GPS co-ordinates. A lost bushwalker in NSW has been found in record time, thanks to an app which pinpointed her location. The title page of the app Emergency+, which was released in December 2013.

Source: Huffington Post September 04, 2016 22:30 UTC