Do you like to watch?

[marks]

Well seeing as none of my customers want my services at the moment I thought I'd carry out a little technology test.

If it works the fun should start after lunch sometime

click here

[Eddieb]

It don't go.

The page has been trying to load for several minutes now and nothings happening.

[3L4NS1R]

erm. what is it? your location?

[Eddieb]

I suspect MarkS has got one of those SPOT things so that her indoors can keep tags on him when he's out and that he is going to go for a ride with it running today.

[Paladin]

That SPOT thingy looks interesting!
On the Satellite view you could track your days ride through the hills & tracks.

Do you really want the missus seeing where you've been going tho?

"Mark honey, why were you stationary so long at Toppys in Martinborough?"



The emergency side of it seems a great idea tho, and no need for cellphone coverage is good for what we do!

[CookMySock]

Cool gadget! What does it cost to buy and use?

Steve

[cooneyr]

SPOT is a very cool little gadget that is to some extents a GPS and Personal Locator Beacon in one. SPOT will not let you follow a route when out riding nor can you use it to navigate if you get lost. Also spot uses some comercial agency called the GEOS International Emergency Response Center to notify your local emercency responce centre if you hit the "help me now" button.

Personally I'd go for a hand held GPS (better for navigating and recording where you have been) and for a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) which transmitts to the NZ emergency responce center directly. The two gadgets do cost almost twice as much but they work much better for what they are intended to do.

Still SPOT is better at some things such as sending out an "I'm OK" message and a "I need help but not urgenly" (i.e. I've broken down come and pick me up) message.

SPOT page here

PLB/EPIRB (i.e. beacons) in NZ page here

Cheers R

[Grizzo]

I love watching....but it didnee work

[paturoa]

That is cool - Marks had bought either an amphib bike or a helicopter!

Hes gone in a straight line from Raumati Beach to Pae hill.

Well at least he avoided the cheese cutters.

[BMWST?]

he is on the way to red rocks i reckon!

[young1]

Well you can't be on the KLR, there is no oil trail!

[Box'a'bits]

Erm... Hamner Springs. Where next Wally?

Cool toy... Me thinks I won't show this to Mandy. She may permanently attach it.

[junkmanjoe]

Erm... Hamner Springs. Where next Wally?

Cool toy... Me thinks I won't show this to Mandy. She may permanently attach it.

yea that be a bit of a bugger, you couldnt hide any more......

[BMWST?]

hmmm....hardly a exact track is it?did he fly ?Must have i thought from porirua to just south of picton...ok hang on there is a gap 8 39am to 2 06 pm

[pampa]

Nice to know the difference between the 3.

I'll keep myself in the adventure side for the time being tho

I need another button: "I'm ok but we'll need money cause I broke the BM. Start saving Honey"

SPOT is a very cool little gadget that is to some extents a GPS and Personal Locator Beacon in one. SPOT will not let you follow a route when out riding nor can you use it to navigate if you get lost. Also spot uses some comercial agency called the GEOS International Emergency Response Center to notify your local emercency responce centre if you hit the "help me now" button.

Personally I'd go for a hand held GPS (better for navigating and recording where you have been) and for a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) which transmitts to the NZ emergency responce center directly. The two gadgets do cost almost twice as much but they work much better for what they are intended to do.

Still SPOT is better at some things such as sending out an "I'm OK" message and a "I need help but not urgenly" (i.e. I've broken down come and pick me up) message.

SPOT page here

PLB/EPIRB (i.e. beacons) in NZ page here

Cheers R