Re: [Paddlewise] SPOT anxiety

From: Bob Myers <qajaqbob_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:10:53 -0700
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> I was thinking that for offshore, that's a lot of open space to correlate on
> a Google map. Not sure how big an issue that is or isn't.

Doug, the SPOT transmits latitude/longitude.  You don't have to
correlate positions on a Google map.  Position is position.

However, for some reason the coverage maps fade out before Hawaii.
Not sure why that is for a satellite based device.

http://www.findmespot.com/ExploreSPOT/Coverage.aspx
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