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Feb 11, 2019Explorer
JaxDad wrote:pianotuna wrote:
I prefer using a cell phone--but there are times when there is no cell signal--in mountains etc.
GPS uses a satellite signal, not a cell network signal.
I routinely use my smart phone GPS when I'm WELL out of cell service. As a pilot I'm often "out of service" at only a few thousand feet up.
You just have to have the map database on the phone itself instead of something that needs to fetch the maps as you move along.
True, but you better have a ton of memory available for the maps if you wish to have the whole country unless you want to continually swap data maps with destinations around the country:
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