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#281221 - 06/27/16 05:36 PM GPS Apps
Outdoor_Quest Offline
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Registered: 08/17/09
Posts: 305
Loc: Central Oregon
Section Hiker has an interesting post on cellphone/smartphone apps for land navigation:

http://sectionhiker.com/hiker-smartphone-navigation-app-and-gps-device-use/

Blake
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#281231 - 07/03/16 04:37 PM Re: GPS Apps [Re: Outdoor_Quest]
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Loc: TX
Interesting but also kind of scary. Call me a fuddy-duddy but relying on electronics in the wild sounds is not something I'd do.
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#281375 - 07/18/16 04:41 AM Re: GPS Apps [Re: Blast]
Outdoor_Quest Offline
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Loc: Central Oregon
I think we are both on the same page.

Risky.

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#281550 - 07/31/16 12:28 PM Re: GPS Apps [Re: Outdoor_Quest]
jshannon Offline
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Registered: 02/02/03
Posts: 647
Loc: North Texas
Backup maps would be required. I have been using a spare android phone with no service as a position locator on a map this year and it works amazingly.

http://www.adventurealan.com/iphone-gps-map-backpacking/

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#281554 - 07/31/16 02:02 PM Re: GPS Apps [Re: jshannon]
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Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
I navigated for decades with map and compass and never got lost, although to quote Daniel Boone, "I was mightily confused" on an occasion or two.

GPS is extremely useful in keeping track of distance covered, elevation. and the like. it is even more useful when bike touring, compared to backpacking. Just remember that you are totally dependent on batteries....
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