2012 oxfam GPS Tracker

Currently trialling a SPOT tracker.

Cameron Braid has risen to the challenge and produced a great page.  This is the best to use.
http://oxfambulators.javonix.com/

TWITTER
The walkers now have a twitter account
@SerialHillers

The spot track page is here but you only get the most recent 50 data points.:-


http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0rjxprHfx3hoVbQxjKOnE7bs1c2LhNMLQ

It appears that SPOT uses the Globalstar LEO constellation of satellites.  The wikipedia pager is here.  Those who followed the trailwalkers last year may recall that there were times when we lost comms.  The tracker we used then communicated via the Telstra GSM (remember that technology) network.  I guess there are bits of the park it does not cover.  We will see how we go with Spot and Globalstar.  I wonder if the trees will get in the way.

30-5-2012 8:00am UPDATE
It - The web page referenced above - does not seem to display on my Android Phone.
I wonder if there is a spot tracker app?That can display the location of a spot tracker?
Ah Camerons page has rendered this problem obsolete.

If you find this intreresting, feel free to leave a comment.  Let me know who is following the tailwalkers.