Date:         Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:00:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Thomas Wilsher <tw67syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Thomas Wilsher <tw67syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Notes on traveling, internet access and rv parks
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com>
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There is mapping software for smartphones that let you preload the maps, so you don't need an internet connection. All the Nokia smartphones come with that built in.

-- Thomas


On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 09:55 , Loren Busch wrote:

> RE: GPS in Remote Areas
> Ken was talking about the GPS built into the cell phones. The GPS receiver
> will still work in the bonnies. But the mapping programs in the cell
> phones depend on an Internet connection for the map data. Therefore a cell
> phone based GPS navigation program/app isn't going to work. BUT the
> dedicated GPS units like Garmin, Tom Tom, Magellan, etc have alll their map
> data stored in the GPS unit itself. Therefore they work without any
> Internet connection.
>
>