The "911" button : SPOT acquire its exact coordinates from the GPS network, and send that location along with a distress message to a GEOS International Emergency Response Center every five minutes until cancelled. The Emergency Response Center notifies the appropriate emergency responders based on your location and personal information – which may include local police, highway patrol, the Coast Guard, our country’s embassy or consulate, or other emergency response or search and rescue teams – as well as notifying your emergency contact person(s) about the receipt of a distress signal.

The "Help" button : Sends a distress signal to your contacts only, specify under your account. It can be use with the 911 button simultanuasly.

The "OK" button : Send a text or email message to your contacts including the your coordinnates and a clickable links that open in Google Maps. It also activate the Track Progress option.

The transmited positions can be seen into the SPOT web site or directly in Google Maps.

You don't have to install a software, only an internet connexion is needed.

Clic here to visit Google Maps !

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Also known as SPOTcastingSM, this feature allows friends and family to follow your progress in real time using your password, or to save waypoints so you can review your entire route at a later date.

Once activated, SPOT acquires and sends your GPS coordinates to your SPOT account every 10 minutes. Anyone with access to your account information can log on and view your route, complete with virtual views provided by Google Maps™. To continue tracking on longer journeys, the SPOTcastingSM function must be re-activated every 24 hours.