[OSM-talk] Spot Satellite Messenger

Iván Sánchez Ortega ivansanchez at escomposlinux.org
Tue Apr 1 23:41:45 BST 2008


El Martes, 1 de Abril de 2008, simon at mungewell.org escribió:
> Don't know what they are using for the uplink, claims 100% satellite.

http://www.findmespot.com/ExploreSPOT/HowItWorks.aspx


Quoting from there:
"Once activated, SPOT will acquire its exact coordinates from the GPS network, 
and send that location along with a distress message to a GEOS International 
Emergency Response Center every five minutes until cancelled. The Emergency 
Response Center notifies the appropriate emergency responders based on your 
location and personal information"

Researching a bit, it uses GlobalStar for upload:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalstar


No logging capabilities, though, so not very useful for the OSM community 
IMHO.


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