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Re: Cell phone usage for GPS
[Re: kenmoore]
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01/09/2018 08:56 PM
01/09/2018 08:56 PM
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Posts: 1,423 New Jersey, USA
DanS
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A few possibilities: Verizon has a plan called TravelPass that you can add to your phone. It costs $10/day for each day that you use the phone outside the U.S. If you don't use the phone (or only use Wi-Fi) on a given day, no charge for that day. Any data that you use is counted the same as if you were in the U.S. Google Maps allows you to download the map data for a region into your phone. Once you've done that, you can navigate within that region with no cellular connection. And maybe it's worth the 50 bucks to get the European maps on your TomTom. I have a Garmin GPS with European maps, and I still bring it along when traveling there, just in case. Dan
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Re: Cell phone usage for GPS
[Re: kenmoore]
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01/09/2018 10:07 PM
01/09/2018 10:07 PM
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Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 3,454 Virginia wishing STJ
TomB
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Ken,
It takes a little bit of planning, but it should cost you nothing. GPS is free.
As DanS said above Google Maps will allow you to download the maps and you are off in running.
For example: when we are on Rhine cruise the ship had WiFi. So when we pulled into a town and on the ship I would download the maps and locate where we I was at that moment. The rest of the day my phone was in airplane mode and I google maps could always tell me where I was and where I was headed.
I will ask my travel friends what app they used. There is an offline GPS app they used.
Will get back with you.
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
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Re: Cell phone usage for GPS
[Re: kenmoore]
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01/19/2019 03:48 PM
01/19/2019 03:48 PM
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 3,228 Somewhere out there
kneafseym
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We are with Tmobile and no international roaming in most countries, but I still pre download maps on Google Maps for speed of loading. I find the accuracy is amazing, way more accurate than the old Garmin unit. Airplane mode would then solve the roaming issue.
Mike
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