SPOTWalla

What is SpotWalla?? The simple answer is, it's a big Google Map which will display an icon for any rider that chooses to have his SPOT information displayed. If 10 of us have 'opted in' and we're out riding, you would see an icon displayed on the map.

For a detailed explanation, check the ABOUT section on SpotWalla.com

Users must explicitly join a location page. Because a user's location is regarded as personal/private information, SpotWalla will never auto-join a user to a location page. The prerequisites for joining a page are:

You must have a SpotWalla account. For more information see Creating an Account.

You must configure a supported device and activate its message interface. For more information see Message Interfaces.

Once the prerequisites are satisfied, follow these steps to join a page:

  • Login to your SpotWalla account.
  • In the upper right menu click the Preferences link.
  • Set your default location ID to your initials or some other identifier like a rally number. This ID will be used to mark your icon on each location page you choose to join. This is merely the default ID. You will have the opportunity to use different IDs for each page you join. Click the Update button.
  • From the home page, ensure you're in Simple Search mode. If you don't see the Show me the listbox toward the top of the page, then click the Simple Search button.
  • Select "Location Pages" from the Show me the listbox and click the Go button. This will display a list of all active location pages. Find the 'Where Am I Riding' page.
  • To the right of that page in the Action column, click the Add Me link.
  • Choose the device you want to use for this location page. Only messages from this device will update your location on this page.
  • Choose the location ID you want to use on this page. The default is the value from your Preferences, but you can change it here, if desired or required.
  • Select the types of messages that will update your location on this location page. For security reasons you may want to control this behavior. For instance, if you use the OK message to mark where you're spending the evening, you may not want to advertise that location on a public location page. This option only applies to SPOT devices since it's the only supported device that is capable of sending multiple message types.
  • Click the Join button.
  • Depending upon how you've set the above options, SpotWalla may find a suitable location automatically. If it doesn't, your location won't appear on the page until you send a location that meets the above options.
  • To remove yourself from a page, follow the steps above and in step 8 a Remove Me link appears rather than the Add Me link. Click the Remove Me link. You may add/remove yourself from a page at will. To change your location ID or the device used, you will need to remove and then add yourself again to the page. Your current ID and device will appear in parentheses.

The SpotWalla FAQ can be viewed HERE

As a note, you can still link people to your SPOT Tracking page, both will work simultaneously. The SpotWalla page will only show an icon where you are, whereas your SPOT Tracking page will show your track as it's being created.

If you have any questions, please shoot us an email HERE


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