A method comprising: sending, by at least one of a plurality of gateway devices and to a first computing device in a low power wide area network, a message comprising an instruction to transmit one or more of a pre-notification communication or a geolocation signal; receiving, by one or more of the plurality of gateway devices , the pre-notification communication, wherein the pre-notification communication indicates a time, determined by the first computing device in the low power wide area network, at which the first computing device will transmit, at at least .5 Watt, the geolocation signal having one or more parameters, wherein the low power wide area network comprises a plurality of computing devices configured to transmit, to one or more of the plurality of gateway devices , data collected by a respective computing device of the plurality of computing devices , wherein the data collected is transmitted based on time intervals to conserve power and using one or more low power signals lower in transmission power than the transmission power of the geolocation signal; receiving, by one or more of the plurality of gateway devices and based at least in part on the indication received in the pre-notification communication, the geolocation signal; determining, by the one or more of the plurality of gateway devices receiving the geolocation signal, a plurality of receipt times, each receipt time of the plurality of receipt times indicative of a time at which the geolocation signal was received by a respective gateway device of the plurality of gateway devices of the low power wide area network; and sending at least one of the plurality of receipt times to a network device configured to determine, based on the at least one of the plurality of receipt times, a geolocation of the first computing device . sending, by at least one of a plurality of gateway devices and to a first computing device in a low power wide area network, a message comprising an instruction to transmit one or more of a pre-notification communication or a geolocation signal; receiving, by one or more of the plurality of gateway devices , the pre-notification communication, wherein the pre-notification communication indicates a time, determined by the first computing device in the low power wide area network, at which the first computing device will transmit, at at least .5 Watt, the geolocation signal having one or more parameters, wherein the low power wide area network comprises a plurality of computing devices configured to transmit, to one or more of the plurality of gateway devices , data collected by a respective computing device of the plurality of computing devices , wherein the data collected is transmitted based on time intervals to conserve power and using one or more low power signals lower in transmission power than the transmission power of the geolocation signal; receiving, by one or more of the plurality of gateway devices and based at least in part on the indication received in the pre-notification communication, the geolocation signal; determining, by the one or more of the plurality of gateway devices receiving the geolocation signal, a plurality of receipt times, each receipt time of the plurality of receipt times indicative of a time at which the geolocation signal was received by a respective gateway device of the plurality of gateway devices of the low power wide area network; and sending at least one of the plurality of receipt times to a network device configured to determine, based on the at least one of the plurality of receipt times, a geolocation of the first computing device . <EOS>