How do you test a GPS system that offers emergency response when you get lost? To test it somebody has to really get lost, and that is just what Wired writer Joe Brown did.
The Spot GPS Messenger is a system that records your exact latitude and longitude every 10 minutes. Your location can be put one a webpage, and you can even use it to send messages like "I'm ok."
The main feature of the Spot GPs is its emergency 911 button. Once the button is pushed a signal is sent to the GEOS International Emergency Response Center in Houston. GEOS will then find out who is the best to come to your rescue. "cops, Coast Guard, US embassy, or, in this case, Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue, a volunteer group of snow-happy badasses located in Placer County, California."
Joe Brown went and got himself lost, wandering 8 hours into the wilderness, to test just how well this would work.
Check out his video here.
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