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Gjac
Explorer III
Jan 21, 2019

Using an Iphone as a hand held GPS for hiking remote ares

I want to hike Paria canyon in AZ to the first Wave and understand there are no established trails or trail markers to follow which I guess is common for desert area type hikes. My question is has any...
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Gjac
Explorer III
Jan 21, 2019
MDKMDK wrote:
True satellite GPS use can be a huge battery drain, no?
I'm not worried about battery drain for what I need at this point, but from what I understand if you put you phone on airplane mode and shut off all the apps that use your location the battery drain is minimal. . From what little I read about this walking from way point to way point is different than traveling down the road at 60 mpg. I always carry a battery pack anyways

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