PEACE OF MIND EVERYDAY - EMERGENCY ASSITANCE WHEN YOU NEED IT.

SPOT is the product praised by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today, as well as the leading sailing, powerboating, and fishing publications. SPOT lets you live your life on the water and tell others exactly where you are and how you’re doing – in real time. Because SPOT uses satellites, it works in places cell phones never will.

Now you can let your spouse know you’re OK, ask for help from friends and family, or track your location and show it to others back at home in real time, all while you’re out on the boat. In trouble? Hold the 9-1-1 button to alert emergency responders around the world for critical assistance.

SPOT is like an PLB, and so much more. Compared with PLB’s, SPOT updates your location in an emergency more often and with greater accuracy. With the optional private rescue service, the Emergency Response Center SPOT uses can dispatch an array of private responders in addition to the public responders PLB’s rely on. This is useful in certain countries with poor public response systems. Plus, SPOT has three key additional functions that PLB’s don’t. And best of all, it does so much more for so much less money.

How it worksWith the simple press of a button, SPOT acquires your GPS location and sends your location and pre-programmed message to your contacts over commercial communications satellites – in real time.

Four Simple Functions

911- Press and hold the 9-1-1 button to alert emergency responders of life-threatening events. The GEOS Emergency Response Center will work with public response agencies around the world, and call your emergency contacts to find out more about your situation and keep them informed of rescue progress. GEOS works with all rescue agencies from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and Coast Guard to local urban and rural 9-1-1 call centers. Optionally, GEOS will also dispatch private rescue agencies in those countries where public resources won’t do. 911 sends a message and location update every 5 minutes until cancelled.

Help – Not every situation is life-threatening. Run out of gas? Snap a mainsail? Need a Tow? Press “HELP” to let friends and family know where your are and your situation, or notify your local boat towing affiliate. They’ll get a text message on their cell phone and an email with a link to Google Maps so they can assist. Help sends a message and location update every 5 minutes for 1 hour or until cancelled.

Check-in – Lets your contacts know you’re okay, or save your location for later viewing on the SPOT web service using Google Maps. Great to let your spouse know that you are running late, mark where the fish are biting, or just remember a special place. Contacts can get a text message with your GPS location and an e-mail with a link to Google Maps. For maximum reliability, Check-in sends the same message from the messenger three times, and delivers the first to all of your contacts.

Track Progress – Save your trip or show others where you are in real time.
Press and hold the “OK/Check” button for 5 seconds. Now, Track Progress updates your location every 10 minutes to your SPOT web account. You can trek virtually anywhere outdoors and your family and friends can see exactly where you are in real time, without interrupting your fun. Give them your password to view your account as you travel, or save your tracks for viewing later using Google Earth (.KML), or GPX, the GPS data format.

So, no matter what you do on the water, you can enjoy it with more fun, more security, and more peace of mind with SPOT.

The award-winning SPOT MessengerSmall, light and rugged, SPOT is built for the outdoors. It’s waterproof and it floats. It’s drop-tested and works in extreme cold and heat. See why SPOT has won so many awards.