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No Mobile phone coverage? No problem. SPOT uses reliable communications satellites to send you GPS location to others back home in real time. Hit a button and your contacts will get your message and GPS location delivered either as a text message to their cell phone or an e-mail with a link to Google Maps. Let your family know you’re OK or ask for help from a buddy. In trouble? Alert emergency responders to your exact location


What Gps devices have is a failure to communicate
Traditional GPS devices tell you where you are: only SPOT uses communications satellites to tell emergency responders or your contacts where you are and how you’re doing.

as smart & simple as google maps tm

With Google MapsTM technology it’s easy for your to let your friends and family know where you are. No need to understand GPS, they’ll use the same familiar technology they use everyday for driving direction and maps. You can even save and view messages with Google Earth or other GPS data formats.

What you can do with SPOT
SPOT's intuitive design allows you to communicate if four simple ways:

Alert 9-1-1: Notify both public and private emergency responders of your GPS location. SPOT sends one message every 5 minutes until power is depleted or 911 is cancelled
Check in: Let contacts know where you are and that you're okay. SPOT sends three identical messages to the SPOT service for redundancy. The first of those three messages is delivered.
Help: Request help from friends and family and notify them of your exact location. SPOT sends one message every 5 minutes for one hour or until Help is cancelled.
Track: Send and save your location and allow contacts to track your proess using Google MapsTM. SPOT sends one message every 10 minutes for 24hrs or until SPOT is powered off.

Service/Subscription:

$115 USD per year subscription includes
Alert 9-1-1: Dispatch emergency responders to your exact location. Unlimited usage included. Check in: Let contacts know where you are and that you're okay. Unlimited usage included. Ask For Help: Request help from friends and family and notify them of your exact location. Unlimited usage included. Terms and conditions apply.
Upgrade services
Track Progress: $49.99/yr USD Tracking Upgrade Option. Send and save your location and allow contacts to track your progress using Google Maps™ Geos Search & Rescue Benefit: $12.95 USD for first year. (if purchased at initial activation. $150.00 USD afterwards)
Provides up to $100,000 USD of additional search and rescue resources, including helicopter extraction around the world and reimbursement benefits - underwritten by Lloyd's of London - for any emergency service expenses incurred. For more information, including terms and conditions, visit http://www.geosalliance.com/sar
Specifications
Weight 210g
Dimensions 111mm x 69mm x 44mm
Coverage Spot works around the world, including virtually all of North America, Europe and Australia, portions of South America, Northern Africa and Northeastern Asia and hundreds of thousands of miles offshore of these areas. Click here for coverage.
Battery 2 x AA lithium
Battery Life Under normal usuage a fully battery charge shuld meet or exceed the following:
Power on, unsused : Approx 1year.
SPOT casting tracking mode: Approx 14 days.
9-1-1 mode: Up to 7 consecutive days.
SPOT Check/OK: 1900 messages.

Opertating Temp -40ºC to +85ºC
Operating Altitude -91m to +6492m (-300ft to +21,000ft)
Waterproof IPX7 standard. (Waterproof to 1meter for up to 30mins).
Floats Yes
Humidity Rated MIL-STD-810E Method 507.3, 95% to 100% condensing
Salt Fog Rated Per MIL-STD-810E Method 509.3, 5% NaCl, 95% distilled water.
Vibration Rated Per SAW J1455, Random 20Hz to 2000Hz, 0.04g2/Hz, one hour per axis
Drop Rated Dropped twice on all siz sides from one meter onto hard surface.