[pct-l] GPS

[Gerry Zamora]

The Droid X has gps not sure about other phones
On Jan 26, 2011 12:59 PM, "Gary Wright" <gwtmp01 at mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 26, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Will M wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> It depends on the model but if "GPS" is listed in its spec then it is the
satellite based system. GPS phones may also use triangulation or even wi-fi
location information to augment the GPS functionality this is sometimes
called 'assisted GPS'.
>
> More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-GPS
>
> Radar
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