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Bubbler GPS/Android/Spotwalla Interface
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<blockquote data-quote="russperry" data-source="post: 1163524" data-attributes="member: 22548"><p>Here's my take on the situation:</p><p></p><p>1) As stated, SPOT is great for places where phone coverage is lacking (when you're with ATT like I am that's pretty much everywhere)</p><p></p><p>2) Unfortunately as pointed out, there are places where satellite doesn't work - steep canyons or heavily treed areas can be problems and we all seem to enjoy riding in those exact types of places</p><p></p><p>3) <em><strong>Spotwalla is a cool interface but has its flaws - unfortunately we found out two years ago that it does NOT relay emergency signals from the SPOT message</strong></em> - for that you need to continue to rely on the findmespot page. Its in the documentation for Spotwalla but it took an accident where one of own was injured and the message never appeared on the Spotwalla track for it to be highlighted.</p><p></p><p>So in the future this is what I'm going to run:</p><p></p><p>1) Spotwalla with SWConnect - Bubbler is only for Android, but SWConnect does the same thing for iPhone and works well with Spotwalla - there may be some cases where satellite is blocked but there is cell coverage so might give a little more peace of mind, and since it updates far more quickly than SPOT gives you a much nicer representation of your track.</p><p></p><p>2) I'll continue to run SPOT, but I will give the findmespot page to my family or anyone else who I hope would be looking for a potential emergency signal</p><p></p><p>With that, there are still places where there is neither satellite line of sight nor cell coverage, but the combination might reduce the exposure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="russperry, post: 1163524, member: 22548"] Here's my take on the situation: 1) As stated, SPOT is great for places where phone coverage is lacking (when you're with ATT like I am that's pretty much everywhere) 2) Unfortunately as pointed out, there are places where satellite doesn't work - steep canyons or heavily treed areas can be problems and we all seem to enjoy riding in those exact types of places 3) [I][B]Spotwalla is a cool interface but has its flaws - unfortunately we found out two years ago that it does NOT relay emergency signals from the SPOT message[/B][/I] - for that you need to continue to rely on the findmespot page. Its in the documentation for Spotwalla but it took an accident where one of own was injured and the message never appeared on the Spotwalla track for it to be highlighted. So in the future this is what I'm going to run: 1) Spotwalla with SWConnect - Bubbler is only for Android, but SWConnect does the same thing for iPhone and works well with Spotwalla - there may be some cases where satellite is blocked but there is cell coverage so might give a little more peace of mind, and since it updates far more quickly than SPOT gives you a much nicer representation of your track. 2) I'll continue to run SPOT, but I will give the findmespot page to my family or anyone else who I hope would be looking for a potential emergency signal With that, there are still places where there is neither satellite line of sight nor cell coverage, but the combination might reduce the exposure. [/QUOTE]
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