Find Me

SPOT at work

During these hikes I will use a SPOT personal locator beacon to send GPS position signals of  the group's whereabouts.  Our location will appear on a web page that uses satellite imagery as a  map.

I plan to send a special report at the start of each day and one at the end of the day as we set up our campsite.  Plus, I will enable a tracking mode to send a position signal every 10 minutes as we hike along the trail.

To find us on the SPOT web page for the Sept hike go to:
Onion Valley to Mt Whitney Hike

Tutorial: 

• Hikers:  Print a copy of the hiking maps for the family or friends who are following you.

• Followers:  When the SPOT web page opens, select the TERRAIN view on the top right portion of the map.
• The terrain view provides a web map just like the printed copy of the hiking map.  This will help make correlating the two Very, Very simple and intuitive.
• Together, the map will show where we should be, and the SPOT page will show where we are.
• You can switch the view to hybrid or satellite for a novel photo view of the area but I think you will find the TERRAIN view most useful.

• Use the Zoom and Move toggles on the top left portion of the map to view each or all points.
• The banner on the left side of the screen will store a chronological, detailed list of each position.

• If all else fails, use the Lat/Long coordinates from a SPOT position and plot them on your printed map using the grid lines on the edges of the printed hike map 
•  Each trip map I make will now have the same lat/long format that SPOT uses