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Sinister · 11-11-2008, 12:40

One of my colleagues has contracted Parkinson's Disease. Because he fly-fishes in some pretty remote country here in New Mexico he invested in one and is very happy with it.

While it doesn't do the same thing as an Emergency Location Transmitter (with an "SOS" or 911 call) it does have messaging, so if he's conscious he can send a message out, and if not his family knows his location.

He says location is transmitted and then transposed onto a Google Earth or Falcon View map.

It will have the same problems with triple canopy masking as any GPS or satellite phone.

11-11-2008, 12:40	#6
Sinister Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 261	SPOT Tracker One of my colleagues has contracted Parkinson's Disease. Because he fly-fishes in some pretty remote country here in New Mexico he invested in one and is very happy with it. While it doesn't do the same thing as an Emergency Location Transmitter (with an "SOS" or 911 call) it does have messaging, so if he's conscious he can send a message out, and if not his family knows his location. He says location is transmitted and then transposed onto a Google Earth or Falcon View map. It will have the same problems with triple canopy masking as any GPS or satellite phone.
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