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SPOT Connect
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Today’s smartphones provide a level of social
connection far beyond what we imagined just a few years ago. But
when you go beyond the reach of the grid, your smartphone needs the
help of SPOT Connect to keep you in touch with friends, family, and
emergency personnel. Simply pair your smartphone with SPOT Connect,
and get connected to a global satellite network that lets you send
messages and GPS coordinates from virtually anywhere on the planet.
Update Twitter and Facebook. Send email and text messages. Request
non-emergency help from professional service providers. And in the
case of a critical emergency, send an SOS message requesting
emergency assistance.
- SOS: Emergency assistance request sent with your GPS
location to GEOS every 5 min until batteries die or until
cancelled The GEOS International Emergency Response Center alerts
the appropriate agencies worldwide – for example contacting 9-1-1
responders in North America and 1-1-2 responders in Europe.
- Help: Request help from friends and family every 5 min
for 1 hour. Up to 10 contacts via SMS & email
- Check-in/OK: Send a pre-defined message allowing your
friends and family know that all is OK along with your GPS
location. With a push of a button a message is sent via email or
SMS to up to 10 pre-determined contacts and your waypoint is
stored in your SPOT account for later reference. Your stored
waypoints can be easily integrated into a SPOT Shared Page or SPOT
Adventure account.
- Track Progress: This feature allows you to send and
save your location and allow contacts to track your progress in
near real time using Google Maps. With your SPOT account you have
the ability to set up a SPOT Shared Page which allows you to show
your SPOT GPS locations to others on a Google Map. (Additional
service required).
- Type & Send: Use SPOT Connect to send custom email and
text messages via satellites to your contacts. Create up to 41
character SOS, Help and Check-in/OK messages. Messages will be
sent directly to the contact groups you select via email or SMS.
You can even post custom messages on Twitter and Facebook. If you
encounter problems, you can send custom SOS messages describing
your situation, with your GPS position included.
- Social Networks: Don’t lose the connection to your
social networks when you venture off the cellular grid. SPOT
Connect with the basic service package enables you to send
Predefined messages to your favorite social destinations. The Type
& Send function allows you to create short custom messages in the
field, which you can send to social destinations or specific
contacts via email or text message.
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World's First Satellite Messenger and Tracker!
SPOT 2
is a small, portable,
multi-function device that; acts as a satellite emergency locator, provides
real-time location tracking over the web (using Google Earth) to friends and
family members, and allows you to send one way SMS text (or email) messages
in areas where you can't get cellular or internet access.
As a pilot, you know what an ELT is, you've probably heard about the
newer 406MHz PLB (Personal Locator Beacon), and you definitely know about
cell phones. What if you combined all three and gave it almost
worldwide satellite coverage? You would have the SPOT, the World's
First Satellite Messenger and Tracker!
Some reasons why pilots are excited about SPOT:
- You're thirty minutes out from your destination, descending from
11,500' and want someone to pick you up at the airport when you
land. There's no way to get any get any cell phone service, but
SPOT can send an email or SMS text message immediately via satellite.
- You're planning a trip of a lifetime flying above the Alaskan Highway
and deep into Alaska. Your friends and family are both worried and
excited about your trip. With SPOT on-board, your exact
position can be displayed online, via Google Earth, to anyone you choose.
Your friends and family can follow your great journey and feel comfort in
knowing exactly where you are at any time.
- You're on that same trip through Alaska and you have an issue that
forces an emergency landing. You make a perfect landing on the shore
of a river but now you're in the middle of nowhere. Count on SPOT,
its' satellite coverage and built-in GPS receiver, to dispatch
emergency responders to your exact location.
- You run a flight school with ten airplanes and have rental aircraft
going in every direction. With a SPOT in each airplane, you can
track the real-time position of all of your aircraft, online 24
hours a day
This is something completely new and different from anything else on the
market. SPOT allows you to:
- North American Alert 9-1-1 Dispatches emergency responders to
an exact location (United States/Canada).
- Worldwide Alert 9-1-1 Dispatches emergency responders to an
exact location outside North America (GEOS rescue service).
- Ask for Help Sends a request for help to a customized list of
recipients (via SMS or email).
- Check In "SPOTchecking" Service lets contacts know where you
are and that you are okay (via SMS or email).
- Track Progress "SPOTcasting" Service sends and saves your
location on Internet site every 10 minutes to view progress using Google
Maps
Features of the SPOT device:
- Built-in GPS receiver
- Built-in satellite modem & transmit antenna (Transmit only device)
- Lightweight, only 7.4 ounces
- 2 AA Lithium batteries (When powered on has a standby battery life of
1 year)
- Waterproof / floats when dropped in water
- OSHA certified intrinsically safe (Class 1, Division 1, Group A-D
Standards)
- Humidity and salt fog rated
- Operating temperature: -40F to +185F
Track Your Location Via Google Earth
Track Progress "SPOTcasting" Service sends and saves your location on
Internet site every 10 minutes to view progress using Google Maps
Coverage Areas
SPOT transmitter has recorded excellent transmission rates within the
coverage areas shown below, and even sends each message 3 times to ensure
successful transmission. Please note that SPOT must be able to "see" the sky
in order to properly work. If you are using this in a cockpit, you must keep
SPOT in a place that has an unobstructed view of the sky (i.e. the dash).
GPS location coordinates are accurate to within 20 feet.
Usage fees for SPOT:
With SPOT you buy the hardware at a low initial cost and then pay an
annual subscription fee for monitoring and tracking as follows:
$99 annual fee for unlimited basic service (North American Alert 9-1-1,
Ask for Help, and Check-In) .
$50 additional annual fee for SPOTcasting real-time tracking service.
SPOT User
Guide
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Price |
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| 1000007 |
SPOT 2
Satellite Personal Tracker |
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| 1000011 |
Spot Connect |
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