wa8yxm wrote:
My Cell loaded the map at startup (With internet) then so long as you did not CLOSE the map app you were golden... I also have a darn hood geo-memory so even if I lost the phone map I was USUALLY at least silver if not Gold.
Now it's kind of hard for me to find "NO COVERAGE" spots.
That must be what has happened to me, closing down the map app and then trying to "restart" it while in a no-coverage area.
I have had Google maps on my cell phone many times tell me "no coverage" or "out of range" while traveling around New England, especially the mountains of Vermont.
I used to religiously bring a large map book when traveling... then it was printing out maps for our trips... then it was using a Garmin... now it is usually just using my smart phone with Google maps.
It is just so easy to use the smart phone, I've gotten away from everything else.
If satellites and cell towers ever stop working, people (including me) won't be able to find their way to the bathroom.