Welcome to My Voice for Globalstar and SPOT
We are dedicated to creating products that fit your life, keep you safe and bring you peace of mind when you are enjoying the world outside of cellular coverage. By working with UserVoice, we have created My Voice to let your voice be heard, gather your ideas for improvement, new products development and improved customer experience. While we cannot guarantee that any specific ideas will be implemented, we will ensure that your ideas and comments play a role in future updates, process and products.
Using My Voice
1 – Share your ideas. First check to see if it’s already been suggested and if so, vote for your favorites!
2 – If you have a new suggestion, submit it below.
3 – Ideas are reviewed for clarity, language and impact.
4 – If an idea has been considered for additional review, we’ll update its status.
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SPOT Mapping UI Terminology is unclear
I hate to be this person but I'm trying to get my new SPOT set up for use with SPOT Mapping and the UI is terrible! How am I supposed to know what an "asset" means in this case? Is it map files? Is it the device? Is it a profile? I did a search for "What is an asset" in the help documentation and it turned up empty. So frustrating!
2 votes -
WP widget
I really like the new map, but I would really like SPOT to have a proper widget for WordPress to embed a simple live tracker map.
1 vote -
Old mapping tracks were numbered PLEASE bring this back
My wife finds the new map useless when trying to find my current location. Simply add numbers to the track like it was :)
5 votes -
Where are my Tracks?
I just spent 15 mins trying to find my tracks and now have given up. This is so poor. What happened to the easy simple straight forward link on my old profile page. - My Tracks ? what is happening ?
4 votes -
Routes showing timeline
I want is to see the route in a timely fashion. The new system has only dots connected which gives you a big spider net but in the old system the dots were numbered so you could follow the directions easily.
25 votes -
Simplify
Mapping is complicated and frustrating. Neither I, nor my viewers, want to spend hours trying to figure out how to use your new platform. Simplify things. The shared page should have some VERY SHORT instruction as to how to view things. The average viewer will likely give up trying to see where the asset is on a given day. Will likely not renew my subscription ( had it for nearly 10 yrs).
19 votes -
Now that my wife has used the new software for a while she wants you to know that she still hates it.
It is called "usability testing". You missed that step. The new mapping software is the brainchild of some manager who does not have a clue. I learned a long time ago that if you have to spend $2 to keep an existing customer happy, you have to spend $5 to acquire a new customer. Really bad idea irritating your customers. You do realize that most customers who are unhappy do not complain. They just move on.
20 votes -
Tracking Way Points must be Numbered on Historic Map
I use SPOT to track my Kayaking Adventures. On the old system, I could quickly look at a map, after an adventure and see my tracking way points, and they were numbered. I use a screen shot of each of my mapped adventures, to incorporate into my videos.
Please add a function, such that the # of the way point, can appear on the historic map (like it used to).
This is an important feature when teaching others, about the appropriate way to navigate.
Without the tracking # on the historic map, the map is useless to use.
Please add…
18 votes -
Update the SPOT Mapping graphics map
Need updated maps in our area Cariboo Chilcotin.
2 votes -
Numbered location pins
Location pins should be numbered on mapping. I previously had spot connect and my wife could log in to see where I was on her iPhone. Now all she sees is dropped pins
17 votes -
The new topo map is terrible. Bring back the old high detail topo map
The new topo map is terrible. Bring back the old high detail topo map
2 votes -
Don't use the word ASSETS to refer to Spot Devices
In your menus and instructions please refer to the Spot units as "devices" and not "assets." I feel the word "asset" in this situation is an vague pretentious buzz word.
It will confuse a lot of people.
Do you refer to your cell phone as an asset? Do you call your smart home devices assets? Of course not.
13 votes -
I would like to see better maps. At present I can only zoom to 50m
Allow your maps to be zoomed to 2 meters
4 votes -
Map lines should indicate direction
Map presentation of message history should indicate direction when lines are draw between points. This will ease the understanding of the route taken.
3 votes -
Increase readability of route on the map
Increase readability of the route on the map
by allowing to hide events when zoomed out, but still keep all the vertices on the lines, so that the route itself always is as detailed as possible but not showing overlapping event symbols.
allow for filtering of events (ie do not show tracking events) but still show the lines as detailed as possible with all vertices.
the line between events must indicate the direction of time/movement by adding an arrow in the middle of each line. Some users suggest using numbering on the events, I believe using arrows gives a better…
2 votes -
Include history 'tail' in live view
You currently have the option to either watch Live view, with just single points, but no need to refresh, or history view, with lots of points and lines, but you have to manually refresh to see new ones.
Can you add an option to Live view to have a 'tail' of an adjustable number of points/time? For example, I want live view, along with the last hour of data for context which direction someone is traveling...that sort of thing.
3 votes -
Use up to date images for SPOT mapping platform
I would like to see SPOT's new mapping application using reasonably up to date images. The image for the area where I keep my boat is at least 10 years out of date and shows the boat buried in inaccessible mangrove!. Current Google Earth imagery of the same location is dated 8/30/2019. The boatyard clearly shown on the Google Earth image was built and the whole area developed around 2010. Inexcusable!
1 vote -
Add Daylight Savings Time to SPOT Mapping
There is no automatic calendar-based adjustment for Daylight Savings Time in the web settings, nor is there an equivalent manually settable option. As noted in the "Time Zone Issues" posting below, this is confusing to message recipients and, in case of an emergency, could cause a really serious problem.,
7 votes -
Track Erasing
The new format is quite interesting.
However the steps required to erase all previous tracks is similar to the count down for a space launch.
Waaaaayyyyy too complicated to get to the page!!!!!!!!!!
I had to phone tech support to get the answer and that took a 10 minute tutorial.
Come on folks,get this fixed!!!!6 votes -
Make topo maps available to SPOT Mapping
it's useless without trails from topo maps
3 votes
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