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How satellite technology can help lost hikers PDF Print E-mail

By Eric English
July 03, 2012

Technology can help locate those who venture off the beaten path. Satellite trackers are available from several companies.

Reporter Eric English put a SPOT satellite tracker to the test by hiking into the desert outside of cell phone coverage to see how long it would take the news helicopter to find him using the GPS location from his SPOT device.



Read more and watch the video at http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/apache_junction/How-satellite-technology-can-help-lost-hikers
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