[pct-l] personal locator beacons

[Dennis Phelan]

However if you don't have cell service i don't believe the GPS
functionality works and therefore you don't see the nice little flashing
spot that tells you where you are on the trail.  However you do have a nice
map that does show the trail and the mile markers.

Dennis


On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Ed Jarrett <edjarrett at msn.com> wrote:

> Cell service is not required for Backcountry Navigator if you pre-cache
> the maps or just load the map set upfront.
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> > Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 12:13:38 -0800
> > From: rgraybill44 at gmail.com
> > To: srhspaded at yahoo.com
> > CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] personal locator beacons
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> > On the other hand, if you use the *Backcountry Navigator* app (which has
> no
> > relationship to Delorme's *inReach*), download the PCT waypoints to it,
> > turn on your smartphone's location services, and happen to have a
> > connection to your service provider's network, then you can see quite
> > precisely where you are and that you're still on the trail. And at many
> > points along that 20 miles stretch, I did have cell phone service,
> > sometimes even 4G, so I could use *Backcountry Navigator*.
>
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