GPS

>>1238081
>>>/out/990889

>>1238081
>I'm also bumping this because I'm sick of those fags on /trv/ saying "jus use your phone and Google maps"
NO. It doesn't work like that. If you are on a mountain trying to follow a trail in some 3rd world country you can't just whip out your phone and expect to get step by step walking directions from a fountain in your city park to the nearest Five Guys.

>I want a device that will point me towards my target and keep me on track with a colored map view anywhere in the word and a smartphone ain't gonna cut it.

>>1238322
Why would you even go to places that don't have 4G/LTE?

It's 2017.

>>1238081
https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

Is your whole family retarded as you?

>>1238456
>Why would you even go to places that don't have 4G/LTE?

Not a very outdoorsy kind of guy, are you?

*snort*

>>1238590
I am not him, but in some shit holes of cambodia I had 2g service and I would assume GPS tracking. I know GLONASS was everywhere I went in russia.

>>1238600

GPS, yeah, 2G, maybe. But he was insisting on 4G, which rules out most of the best outdoor recreation even in the States.

>>1238081
>doesn't work properly in china
>makes you totally reliant on your device, particularly it's battery life
>lacks hard information about elevation, track quality, bearing aids
>does not work offline
>does not work offline
>compass only reliable when device is static
>not waterproof, shockproof, can't really take a second copy

if you're going anywhere where you might experiance internet drop outs/blocks, anywhere where you won't have power for more than a day, or doing any walking serious enough for you to HAVE to know how long trails/rivers will take you precisely google maps is awful

maps.me is better all round for travelers

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>>1238763
The only people who think Google maps on a phone is adequate are:
A) Londoners who flew over to Amsterdam for a Lad's week
B) LAfags who went to Bangkok to "bang exotic girls in an exotic place"

It won't work for anyone hiking in Cuba or mountain climbing in rural Congo or North Korea that's for sure, that's a little harder than finding that BJ bar downtown with the best reviews.

OP needs realtraveler(TM) sat-nav.

>>1238081
It's the best to get somewhere if it has the metro and bus lines implemented into the system

>needs internet

No mate, you can download offline maps and use GPS; and offline languages for Translate too.