1. XC OPEN WORLD SERIES 2007 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 1

2. 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 2 Some pilots decided to do LIVE Tracking with SPOT SPOT weight 200 g Battery life = 14 days continuous tracking You can send messages by SMS, by email for tracking you also have a website It does „ok“ messages It does „help“ messages It does live tracking It does emergency messages

3. 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 3 Pricing for SPOT Depending where you buy it Cost for the SPOT hardware starts at 140 US $ You must book the Service as well 100 US $ / year for the standard service Plus 50 US $ / year for the tracking service For more details go to www.findmespot.com www.findmespot.com

4. 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 4 LIVE Tracking during the 2009 XC-Open Manilla http://spot.xcopen.org

5. 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 5 You have to mount SPOT so it has a clear view to the sky; better is on the shoulder So you can reach it

6. 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 6

7. 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 7 SPOT function SPOT is first of all a normal GPS receiver It sends a message of your position via uplink to the GLOBALSTAR network of communication satellites When in tracking mode it does this every 10 min The satellite sends this message to a ground based receiver station From there the message goes via internet to the persons specified by you as SMS or email For the live tracking SPOT also provides an own website for each SPOT user All last positions of XCO SPOT pilots are made visible by XCO as a Google Earth network feature Additional programming for Smart Phone users in XCO on next page:

8. 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 8 Additional programing for Smart Phone users by Andreas You can look at the last 2 positions of a pilot on a website which is displayed on a smart phone It also shows distance and bearing to Mt. Borah

9. 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 9 SPOT shared page for each pilot

10. 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 10 Google earth network link for last pilot positions

11. 11/10/2014 2009 XC-Open World Series 11 Some important rules from our experience You must always send an „OK“before your flight and after landing If you don‘t send an „OK“ message after your flight and 2 positions of SPOT are in the same place, it is a sign of distress for your buddies This is why the mobile phone website shows the last 2 positions; you can see if the pilot has moved or not There were gaps of up to 40 min in the live tracking – the reasons could be various For more information go to www.findmespot.comwww.findmespot.com