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Ben Kuo s hobby of using satellite images to find out where photos and films were shot helped rescuers find a lost hiker in California s Angeles National Forest.
The hiker, Rene Compean, went out for what he thought would be a two-hour walk in an area he d hiked in many times but ended up getting lost. He spent the night in the wilderness, completely unprepared. He climbed to a point where he got a faint cell signal and snapped a photo he sent to a friend, asking for help.
The friend brought it to the police and the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department tweeted it out. Kuo saw it on Twitter and was able to match it with satellite photos of the area to pinpoint the hiker s location so rescuers could find him, The Washington Post first reported.
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Photo texted to friend helps find hiker lost in Calif. woods
Photo texted to friend helped find hiker lost in Calif. woods By KCBS Staff | April 14, 2021 at 2:33 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 5:10 PM
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. (KCBS) - A hiker who got lost in Californiaâs Angeles National Forest is now safe after a satellite mapping enthusiast used a single picture to find him.
The Los Angeles County Sheriffâs Department said rescuers found the hiker, 45-year-old Rene Compean, on Tuesday after he spent a night alone in the wilderness.
âYou donât think that sitting behind a computer and looking at a picture and going, âOh hey, that looks like it might be where he is,â would result in someone getting rescued,â said Benjamin Kuo.
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