The Satellite Personal Tracker (SPOT) from GEOS is a GPS-enabled device that was integrated with the GEOS platform in September 2007 and was launched on the 15th November 2007. It is a simplex data device, which transmits its signals direct to a constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and, as such, will work without requiring any cellphone coverage. As it is a pure data transmission, it is a very robust service with very good reliability.

In the first 18 months since the launch of SPOT and the IERCC, we have now saved the lives of over 400 people ranging from snowmobilers in Alaska or Wyoming, through hikers falling ill in the Highlands of Scotland, to a kayaker stranded in the Southern Ocean several miles off the coast of Tasmania.

The map below shows the coverage area around the World where SPOT signals may be currently received. This area is being continuously expanded and the map below will be periodically updated. For further details, please contact GEOS.