Comments on: Spot Satellite Messenger goes on trial in the Sierra Nevada http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/2008/07/spot-satellite-messenger-trial-sierra-nevada/ Regular updates and all the latest news, reports and information from Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Spot Messenger gps test results in Spains’ Sierra Nevada | Sierra Nevada Mountain Newsroom http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/2008/07/spot-satellite-messenger-trial-sierra-nevada/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Spot Messenger gps test results in Spains’ Sierra Nevada | Sierra Nevada Mountain Newsroom Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:06:49 +0000 http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/?p=186#comment-16 [...] The Spot Messenger was tested this week in Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains. A full description of the devices functions can be found at http://international.findmespot.com/ or on our related page http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/2008/07/spot-satellite-messenger-trial-sierra-nevada/ [...] [...] The Spot Messenger was tested this week in Spain’s Sierra Nevada mountains. A full description of the devices functions can be found at http://international.findmespot.com/ or on our related page http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/2008/07/spot-satellite-messenger-trial-sierra-nevada/ [...]

]]> By: Richard http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/2008/07/spot-satellite-messenger-trial-sierra-nevada/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Richard Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:46:42 +0000 http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/?p=186#comment-15 So far so good! The unit was activated at a location just outside Lanjaron and within 5 minutes I received an email with the coordinates and a link to Google maps (see below). I or interested parties can also view the details at http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0iQBebZaCjvlIAMoU3TCdC7CbbjGyuxaz to view the details. Next test is in the high mountain in a few days time. Accuracy. Based on the Google map location it was about 12m out from the actual spot where the SPOT was located. Not bad. This is the information supplied by email: Just to let you know all OK! ESN:0-7370625 Latitude:36.9182 Longitude:-3.4688 Nearest Location: Lanjar*n, Spain Distance: 1 km(s) Time:08/04/2008 11:26:25 (Europe/Madrid) http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36.9182,-3.4688&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1 So far so good! The unit was activated at a location just outside Lanjaron and within 5 minutes I received an email with the coordinates and a link to Google maps (see below).

I or interested parties can also view the details at http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0iQBebZaCjvlIAMoU3TCdC7CbbjGyuxaz to view the details. Next test is in the high mountain in a few days time.

Accuracy. Based on the Google map location it was about 12m out from the actual spot where the SPOT was located. Not bad.

This is the information supplied by email:
Just to let you know all OK!
ESN:0-7370625
Latitude:36.9182
Longitude:-3.4688
Nearest Location: Lanjar*n, Spain
Distance: 1 km(s)
Time:08/04/2008 11:26:25 (Europe/Madrid)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36.9182,-3.4688&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

]]> By: SPOT Marketing http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/2008/07/spot-satellite-messenger-trial-sierra-nevada/comment-page-1/#comment-14 SPOT Marketing Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:10:33 +0000 http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/?p=186#comment-14 Hi SPOT Marketing here. Hope you love your SPOT. For best performance, make sure to keep the logo pointed up toward the sky. The best place while hiking is to have the SPOT mounted on your shoulder strap, with the logo pointing straight up. If it's in tracking and on a belt or forward facing, you'll cut out half the sky and dramatically reduce the number of messages sent. SPOT is completely unaffected by cloud cover, and while tree canopy can cause individual messages to be missed like any GPS product, if the unit is positioned right, I think you'll be very happy with the performance. For example, 60 teams at the adventure race Primal Quest wore SPOTs in a 500 mile race and successfully transmitted tens of thousands of messages in all kinds of terrain in the mountainous and heavily treed areas of Montana. Also, make sure to start a shared page so that folks back at home can see you over the web. Best, SPOT Marketing Hi SPOT Marketing here.

Hope you love your SPOT. For best performance, make sure to keep the logo pointed up toward the sky. The best place while hiking is to have the SPOT mounted on your shoulder strap, with the logo pointing straight up. If it’s in tracking and on a belt or forward facing, you’ll cut out half the sky and dramatically reduce the number of messages sent.

SPOT is completely unaffected by cloud cover, and while tree canopy can cause individual messages to be missed like any GPS product, if the unit is positioned right, I think you’ll be very happy with the performance. For example, 60 teams at the adventure race Primal Quest wore SPOTs in a 500 mile race and successfully transmitted tens of thousands of messages in all kinds of terrain in the mountainous and heavily treed areas of Montana.

Also, make sure to start a shared page so that folks back at home can see you over the web.

Best,

SPOT Marketing

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