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Re: Smartphone navigation
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Jul 20, 17:47 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Jul 20, 17:47 -0400
On 7/20/2012 4:39 PM, Frank Reed wrote: > Smartphones can determine your position. I know smartphones have had a GPS chipset for a long while. I watch friends use their smartphone to navigate streets like a Garmin etc. automotive GPS. My question is this: Does the street nav app actually download and store the map database(s), or is it picking up the information on the fly? Will a nautical chart app work when out of range of cell towers or WiFi? Bill B
