Ask For Help

In the event of a non-life threatening emergency, you can use this function to notify your contacts - the friends and family you have chosen in your profile setup - that you need assistance.

Once activated, SPOT acquires your exact location from the GPS network and routes it along with the HELP message through the SPOT satellite network every five minutes for one hour or until cancelled. Your contacts will receive an SMS text message including coordinates, or an email with a link to Google Maps showing your exact location.

Even if SPOT cannot acquire its location from the GPS network it will still attempt to send a HELP message - without exact location - to your contacts.