Are there any such devices to where I carry a GPS tracker and anyone with a code or link or something can see where I'm at? Bonus points if it has a SOS button to call 911 or something, like those things they make for old people that have fallen and can't get up.
http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Personal-Locator-Beacon-Reviews
>>710521
"I've fallen and I can't get up" is their registered trademark
kek
>>710521
>Are there any such devices to where I carry a GPS tracker and anyone with a code or link or something can see where I'm at?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Packet_Reporting_System
>SOS button
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_position-indicating_radiobeacon_station
>>710521
train a dove m8
>>710521
>Are there any such devices to where I carry a GPS tracker and anyone with a code or link or something can see where I'm at?
Any smartphone with a GPS should have an app for that.
>Bonus points if it has a SOS button to call 911 or something
Call 911 on your smartphone with GPS and tracker app.
>>710918
There isn't always cell service in all areas, though.
>>710521
>Are there any such devices to where I carry a GPS tracker and anyone with a code or link or something can see where I'm at?
>SOS button to call 911
what is SPOT
what is InReach
APRS works, but it's not a simple, neatly-packaged consumer device. Also dependent on terrestrial digipeaters with access to a gateway.
PLB/EPIRB/ELT ... meets your "SOS"/911 requirement, but doesn't do any sort of tracking.
InReach is my recommendation because of the network (Iridium).
SPOT will also meet your requirements, though the GlobalStar network isn't as solid as Iridium IMO.
>>710936
I've heard some fun stories about people triggering those for dumb shit
>>710521
Yes, InReach. Get one, it's awesome.
>>711259
Local rescue team has a story about a guy who would turn his PLB on for a while then off again. Happened every weekend or so for months. Beacon was never registered.
One day the beacon was activated and never turned off, position indicated it was mobile and on the highway, then parked in a residential area. Searchers found the beacon in the car and contacted the owner.
Owner was a backcountry skier who was activating his PLB thinking it was an avalanche transceiver (LOL).
http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_14169778
Like I teach in classes... "Know your equipment". Not just what it does, but also its limitations in a rescue/emergency situation.
>>710922
You can download maps from Google maps ahead of leaving, and your GPS will still work.
Plb works anywhere in the world. If you value your life and family get one carry it and pray you never need it
