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GPS Tracking: A Comparison of SPOT and iPhone w/Google Latitude
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<blockquote data-quote="obijohn" data-source="post: 983014" data-attributes="member: 29092"><p>Spot and Spotwalla seem like a good system together. This was a good writeup that pushed me over into the 'buy' column... along with the recent stories I've read about Donald Masterson's disappearance in Idaho last September and within the past week the story of the rider who crashed here in northwest Washington and lay paralyzed off the side of a forest road and unable to summon help for three days... and no one had any clue as to where he was. That he was found when he was found was luck, and he probably wouldn't have survived another day.</p><p></p><p>I've purchased a Spot Satellite GPS Messenger (the latest gen), avoiding the Spot Connect because it has limited functionality without a Bluetooth-connected Android/iPhone. I went with the tracking option and the $12.95 GEOS rescue option at signup. I've also hooked up my various APRS devices through Spotwalla, because when riding with my son I often put an APRS h/t 'tracker' in his backpack so I can locate him with my APRS h/t without the need for an Internet connection, and now my wife will be able to track both of us on the Spotwalla website. My wife will most likely go with a Latitude account, and will take the Spot on occasions where she goes hiking with friends. With all of these devices using Spotwalla as the nexus, it should be pretty easy to see where everyone in the family is, at all times.</p><p></p><p>I see the Spot as a last-ditch device, used mostly for long-distance and back country motorcycling or hiking where cell phones and APRS may be unreliable. Latitude is okay in areas with cell coverage. APRS is a better two-way system where the infrastructure (digipeaters) exist, and certainly better for groups traveling in the back country as they can locate each other using just their equipment even if they can't hit a digipeater. The Spot system is expensive compared to the other, free alternatives, but I look at $150/year as cheap insurance in a worst-case scenario where either you summon help or you can be found by the 'breadcrumb' trail you leave. Here's hoping that the money I've spent is an incredible waste!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="obijohn, post: 983014, member: 29092"] Spot and Spotwalla seem like a good system together. This was a good writeup that pushed me over into the 'buy' column... along with the recent stories I've read about Donald Masterson's disappearance in Idaho last September and within the past week the story of the rider who crashed here in northwest Washington and lay paralyzed off the side of a forest road and unable to summon help for three days... and no one had any clue as to where he was. That he was found when he was found was luck, and he probably wouldn't have survived another day. I've purchased a Spot Satellite GPS Messenger (the latest gen), avoiding the Spot Connect because it has limited functionality without a Bluetooth-connected Android/iPhone. I went with the tracking option and the $12.95 GEOS rescue option at signup. I've also hooked up my various APRS devices through Spotwalla, because when riding with my son I often put an APRS h/t 'tracker' in his backpack so I can locate him with my APRS h/t without the need for an Internet connection, and now my wife will be able to track both of us on the Spotwalla website. My wife will most likely go with a Latitude account, and will take the Spot on occasions where she goes hiking with friends. With all of these devices using Spotwalla as the nexus, it should be pretty easy to see where everyone in the family is, at all times. I see the Spot as a last-ditch device, used mostly for long-distance and back country motorcycling or hiking where cell phones and APRS may be unreliable. Latitude is okay in areas with cell coverage. APRS is a better two-way system where the infrastructure (digipeaters) exist, and certainly better for groups traveling in the back country as they can locate each other using just their equipment even if they can't hit a digipeater. The Spot system is expensive compared to the other, free alternatives, but I look at $150/year as cheap insurance in a worst-case scenario where either you summon help or you can be found by the 'breadcrumb' trail you leave. Here's hoping that the money I've spent is an incredible waste! [/QUOTE]
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