[pct-l] GPS

[Will M]

So are smart phone "GPS" sytems truly GPS?.  It seems to me they are just
using cell tower signals to triangulate location.  It seems that this would
not be very useful int he backcountry where cell signals can be hard to come
by.

Any thoughts on this?

Jalan

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Dave Potter <davepotter at webmail1.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am thinking of buying a GPS for the PCT, not decided yet.
>
> Can anyone out there recommend a GPS which will do the job and which can
> handle Halfmile's .gpx format waypoints?
>
> Many thanks
> Dave
>
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