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Impatient, aren't we? The SPoT website, like every site on the web, will be a work in progress forever. There are many enhancements being worked on, and others being discussed. You sound like you're taking it personally that some suggestions that you made weren't implemented instantly. Many...

New SPoT website feature. Have you seen the new feature? Now, under the message tab on your SPoT account website, there are buttons to download the selected track points in GPX, CSV, or KML format! Now, all they need is a "guest" login any I think they'll have addressed the top two requests...

4 lives saved over the holidays! SPoT saved 4 lives over the holidays! (3 in one incident, and one in another). Press releases here and here. :wings:

What problem are you having in Firefox? Works fine for me... (Disclaimer: I work for the company that makes the SPoT, but not for SPoT Inc. who does the web page, and I have little to no influence on the web page.) That being said, everything I've tried on the findmespot.com website has...

Something slightly annoying: I just tried that gmap to .gpx converter myself (link in above post - only found it this morning). From the findmespot.com website, it seems to work like a champ in Firefox, but does not seem to work in Internet Explorer. It seems to work fine from...

Ask and you shall receive!!! :) :) http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/gmaptogpx/ (I edited my post above to include this link.) It's a browser plug-in, and it works with the google link from findmespot.com. Third party, but it should do what you want! :) Here's a post in another forum...

Vehicle placement tip. I've seen several posts about where to place the unit in the vehicle. I've found a place to put the SPoT that may not seem obvious. In my 2006 Dodge Durango, it works quite impressively well inside the glove compartment! I've got it kind of wedged in so that it's...

EDIT: Found this! http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/gmaptogpx/ It's a third party plug-in to create .gpx files from google-map pages, and it works with the findmespot.com website. As my wife likes to say, "Next time you should wish for $1,000,000." :) I don't know if SPoT intends to build...

Yep. :) http://www.findmespot.com/experiences/testimonials.aspx

I should have thought before: A picture is worth a thousand words. :) Here's a link of a close up of the buttons on a SPoT, showing the 911 button recessed. http://sales.findmespot.com/photoshoot/pages/SPOT_Photoshoot032.htm Again, you also have to mash the 911 button or the Help button for...

Have you seen a real live SPoT? It has exactly what you're describing on the 911 button. There is a moulded ridge around the 911 button so that it is recessed. :) "Help" is actually a user-defined message. Not nearly as big a deal if it is sent accidentally. You also have to hold the help...

The map on the SPoT website is current as of 11/01/2007 (and the coverage hasn't changed since then). It was updated to coincide with the launch of the SPoT. (This is the Globalstar Simplex coverage map.) The map combines theoretical coverage with tens of thousands of experimental...

It was a simple matter of prioritizing which data to pack into the single data packet. (Having all the data in ONE packet was a non-negotiable item for maximum reliability.) Obviously, since the SPoT contains a GPS receiver, it has access to an extremely accurate time internally, but that data...

It took me a moment to figure out where this complaint might be coming from since the messages are timestamped at the ground stations and the ground stations have a clock synced to GPS signals. Then, it occurred to me where your perception of the time being "off" might be coming from: In track...

Marine applications are indeed one area for which we are marketing the SPoT heavily. The GEOS 911 center is fully equipped to dispatch the Coast Guard or whatever relevant marine rescue agency is applicable to the area a 911 signal might come from on the water. You simply have to be within the...

It should work pretty well inside a soft backpack. Most all fabrics that a backpack might be made of are transparent to the frequencies of the satellite transmitter and GPS. If you can somehow clip or wedge it inside the backpack so that is remains at the surface (not buried under other...

The On/Off LED flashes red (instead of green) when you have less than 20% to 30% of your battery life left. Just another informational tid-bit: It flashes the on/off and whatever other LED (OK, 911, or help) in unison when it has a GPS fix and not in unison when it doesn't have a GPS fix...

Hi all! I work for Axonn LLC, the designer and manufacturer of the SPoT. I'm one of the engineers who designed it. We are loving seeing all the excitement it is generating! :luxhello: Sounds like you folks are figuring out the SPoT pretty well, but I thought I'd introduce myself and invite...