If you’re GenX or younger, it’s highly likely that you’re fiddling with your phone multiple times throughout the day. Let’s look at some of the pros and cons of using your GPS vs Smartphone for backcountry navigation: Smartphone Advantages: Currently, GPS chips in our smartphones can place our location to about 15 feet, but chip technology continues to advance and the IEEE reports that new chips will be able to place our location to 1 foot in the near future. Tracking multiple satellites from GPS, GLONASS, and GalileoĪs you can see in the above, my iPhone was able to track my position using multiple satellites while in airplane mode. Satellites Tracked Using iPhone in Airplane Mode. You don’t need to set up the GPS chip, but you can turn it off or enable it selectively on the iPhone. Your iPhone (and other smartphones) includes a GPS chip just like the one found in stand-alone GPS devices. The good news is your phone doesn’t need a cell signal to find your location. The most common objection to using a smartphone for backcountry navigation is, “Where I hunt there’s no cell signal”. This article looks at the pros and cons of using a dedicated GPS vs a Smartphone for backcountry navigation to help you select the best device for your next hunt. When it comes to backcountry navigation is a dedicated GPS unit or your Smartphone the best device for the task? It’s a simple question with a fairly complex answer.
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