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Started 7 years ago by Katamount
Latest reply from KayakVagabond

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Katamount
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Anyone know of some good apps for the Kindle for SPOT tracking? I've searched but couldn't find anything. Of course you can always just use the browser, but it seems to be a bit wonky.

I've been noticing some weirdness with SPOT lately. If I go to my SPOT Shared Page, it sometimes looks like my SPOT isn't tracking for long stretches. When I look at the same run through my SPOT Buddy app on my iPhone, all of the tracking points are there. Really? The 3rd party apps work better than SPOT's own site?

I'm trying to compile some alternatives to the WaterTribe tracker for family. By far, the WaterTribe tracker is the best for following the EC, but it does tend to have issues at some point during the EC due to the high traffic. I will confess to being part of the problem in past years, obsessivly hitting the refresh button every 5 minutes all day ;-)

What other SPOT tracking options/apps are out there?

Posted 7 years ago #
Macatawa
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I'm sold on Spot Buddy, but it is only available for iOS devices. My favorite feature is the ability to add as many SPOT tracker IDs as you want, which you can not do with SPOTs own tracking app.

I have never had an issue with Spot Buddy no matter how many IDs I load it down with.

Posted 7 years ago #
RunsWithBeer
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Macatawa.... How do you show multiple tracks at the same time using SPOT Buddy ?

Posted 7 years ago #
Macatawa
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Mobile post, so I hope this works...
I don't have any active trackers to demo, but below is a screen shot of the tracker screen

You load trackers by pressing the horizontal lines icon, you will see this:

You can tap the names to make them hidden or visible.

I hope this helps; if not, I can try for a better explanation when I'm at my computer.

Posted 7 years ago #
RunsWithBeer
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The shared page URL,s I have were so spread out all over the U.S. that I didn't realize that they were in fact ALL,showing up. Thanks.

Posted 7 years ago #
LeewardLauren
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This thread has been dormant for a while now, but it needs a reboot. We had been using Spot Buddy for our shore contacts to track us, but it's no longer supported or available. What is the best way to track a Spot device on a cell phone these days? It looks like there is a free app from Spot, but it seems to require a login by the device owner. When I view the shared view URL for the Spot online mapping to my iphone, it is barely useable with all the menus blocking the map itself.

Is there a new app that can replace Spot Buddy?

Or...

Is there a good way to set up the map view using Safari on an iphone so that the map takes up most of the window?

Posted 5 months ago #
KayakVagabond
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Lauren,

I'm also sad to see Spot Buddy gone. It was useful to see where some of your friends were too.

Spot app works, but set it to "keep me logged in" and just close the app ( rather than logging out ), or you will need to enter your credentials again.

You can use Race Owl ( if it tracks the EC this year ).

Otherwise I sometimes access the Watertribe tracker from my iphone. You can enlarge the map by placing your fingers on the grey around around the map and widen them, to see only the map. A bit fiddly, but it works.

Greg

Posted 5 months ago #

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