Originally Posted By BZH
Originally Posted By Zuuk
The problem with phone GPS is that you will need the towers for it to work. ...


Huh? Many phones have GPS receivers and operate just fine outside of tower contact. I didn't realize any phone still gives positional data based on tower contact. That seems like a really poor technique since you would have to maintain contact with multiple towers to triangulate position.


Yes, you're right, I just wasn't being clear. It's working with the maps that gets messed up because they won't update. Of course, you'd need a data plan to update the maps too.

I'll have to look for an app that allows the predownload and storage of maps, as the ones I use don't have that option (or I haven't found out where to turn it on yet).

I do know that using the GPS feature on my phone runs my battery down pretty fast, but that could be the maps updating and the data usage.