kavikSunday 6 july 2008 - 13:39:59
Hola no sé si conocéis el nuevo localizador por satélite, que permite además de pedir ayuda en caso de accidente, mandar un email o sms con tu posición en gps (mediante enlace a googlemap) a un grupo de personas que eligas, para que sepan en cada momento donde te encuentras y si estás bien.
Aunque tiene algunos fallos, es un buen invento y una línea a seguir, para viajeros que se adentren en zonas muy remotas durante mucho tiempo.
En España cuesta unos 200 además de tener que pagar 100 al año por el satélite. En usa se puede conseguir por unos 100.
El enlace de su página original es:
http://www.findmespot.eu/sp/
Enlace de un comercial en España:
http://www.videoacustic.com/productos_ficha.php?familia=seguridad&codigo=SPOT-1
Éstas son las conclusiones de un full review de backpackinglight.:
What´s Good
- Provides vital last known location information and a time for that location.
- Tracking mode automatically provides positional information every ten minutes.
- Has three different message modes: OK (Check-in), Help, and 911.
- Light and compact compared to many Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) and with more message modes.
- Long battery/operational life.
- Low initial unit cost (but service fees are extra).
- Help and 911 messages have a good probability of being delivered "with a perfect view of the entire sky."
What´s Not So Good
- The SPOT unit did not deliver "virtually every message." It is unclear what the SPOT unit´s reliability rate of successfully delivering messages would be in the field conditions likely to be encountered backpacking and hiking (i.e. in conditions with less than a perfect view of the entire sky), and whether that reliability is sufficient.
- No verification that a message was successfully delivered.
- Confusing user interface.
- User manual is short, lacking detail and closer to a quick start guide. It´s also poorly organized and contains errors.
- GPS receiver performance is not as good as the best handheld GPS units.
- Tracking mode may have significant message gaps while hiking and backpacking.
- Long wait time to transmit OK messages.
- Website software has usability problems.
- SPOT requires a service fee to work.
- At 7.3 ounces (208 g) with batteries, the SPOT could be lighter.
UN SALUDO A TODOS