[pct-l] is iPhone 4s all I Need

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Went hiking this weekend in the wilderness behind Santa Barbara. The  
iPhone's GPS didn't seem to work very well. We couldn't even use the  
star chart app. When else would you want to use the star chart except  
for when you can actually see stars? The phone couldn't tell where it  
was so couldn't orient to the sky. It seems phones don't work very  
well in the wilderness. I certainly wouldn't trust one for navigation  
away from the city.

On Apr 4, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> On Apr 3, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Scott Zinda wrote:
>>  I would also consider the Canon S100.  Its not
>> waterproof, but it has manual controls and has a GPS built in to  
>> Geotag
>> your photos.
>
> Does anyone have experience regarding how fast camera GPSs  
> determine location?
> Is it possible to turn the GPS function off to save on batteries,  
> for example?
>
> Radar