On 9/2/2013 2:52 AM, T. Keating wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:34:09 +0700, Bruce in bangkok wrote:

Before you set sail .. add a chart plotter app to your smart phone..
(They all have built in gps receivers.)


Really? An iPhone or Galaxy can display GPS data when out of range of a
cell tower?

On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 07:36:12 -0600, slide wrote:

On 9/2/2013 2:52 AM, T. Keating wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:34:09 +0700, Bruce in bangkok wrote:

Before you set sail .. add a chart plotter app to your smart phone..
(They all have built in gps receivers.)


Really? An iPhone or Galaxy can display GPS data when out of range of a
cell tower?

Of course they can... They just can't download any maps..

On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:05:32 -0400, T. Keating
wrote:

Really? An iPhone or Galaxy can display GPS data when out of range of a
cell tower?

Of course they can... They just can't download any maps..

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Not true. See my previous post re Navionics chart apps.

On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:24:27 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:05:32 -0400, T. Keating
wrote:

Really? An iPhone or Galaxy can display GPS data when out of range of a
cell tower?

Of course they can... They just can't download any maps..

===

Not true. See my previous post re Navionics chart apps.

Please post a reference to your post that you reference above. I ask
as I am using an android phone and it seems to be able to receive and
post GPS signals directly from the satellites.

I am using an application called "OsmAnd" that has the ability to
download and store charts on the phone.

--
Cheers,

Bruce in Bangkok

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:20:57 +0700, Bruce in bangkok
wrote:

Please post a reference to your post that you reference above. I ask
as I am using an android phone and it seems to be able to receive and
post GPS signals directly from the satellites.

I am using an application called "OsmAnd" that has the ability to
download and store charts on the phone.

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Bruce, not sure if you are replying to me or not. If you're
interested in the Navionics charts and apps, they are on the Google
store. The GPS definitely works directly from the satellites contrary
to what someone else posted.

On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:39:04 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:20:57 +0700, Bruce in bangkok
wrote:

Please post a reference to your post that you reference above. I ask
as I am using an android phone and it seems to be able to receive and
post GPS signals directly from the satellites.

I am using an application called "OsmAnd" that has the ability to
download and store charts on the phone.

===

Bruce, not sure if you are replying to me or not. If you're
interested in the Navionics charts and apps, they are on the Google
store. The GPS definitely works directly from the satellites contrary
to what someone else posted.

Well, I was replying to you but apparently I was a bit mixed up with
who said what :-)

--
Cheers,

Bruce in Bangkok

On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 07:36:12 -0600, slide wrote:

An iPhone or Galaxy can display GPS data when out of range of a
cell tower?

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Absolutely, right in mid-ocean.

Most smart phones have a built in GPS receiver these days, and there
are some very decent charting packages available. For about $25 to
Navionics I have a full set of US and Caribbean charts on my Galaxy
along with a fairly decent little plotting application. You don't
even need a cell phone account to do all that, a WiFi connection will
suffice.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 07:36:12 -0600, slide wrote:

An iPhone or Galaxy can display GPS data when out of range of a
cell tower?

===

Absolutely, right in mid-ocean.

Most smart phones have a built in GPS receiver these days, and there
are some very decent charting packages available. For about $25 to
Navionics I have a full set of US and Caribbean charts on my Galaxy
along with a fairly decent little plotting application. You don't
even need a cell phone account to do all that, a WiFi connection will
suffice.



I got ripped off, then. I just bought a Navionics Gold US and N Bahamas
(no Caribbean charts) on a little SD/microSD card for my Lowrance
iFinder H20 hand-held chart plotter and it cost over a hundred bucks.

But, I'm sure the Navionics Gold SD charts are way more detailed
than what Navionics offers for that Samsung cell phone. Not to
mention the plotting function on the Lowrance is probably way
superior to some cheapo cell phone plotter.

I often marvel at how some people operate fifty-foot motor yachts worth
a million bucks and hanging off the bow is a 30 pound SS Danforth -
in other words, all show and no function. So why does somebody
with half a million dollars worth of motor yacht justify using a cell
phone for navigation??

--
Sir Gregory

On Mon, 2 Sep 2013 18:47:00 -0400, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 07:36:12 -0600, slide wrote:

An iPhone or Galaxy can display GPS data when out of range of a
cell tower?

===

Absolutely, right in mid-ocean.

Most smart phones have a built in GPS receiver these days, and there
are some very decent charting packages available. For about $25 to
Navionics I have a full set of US and Caribbean charts on my Galaxy
along with a fairly decent little plotting application. You don't
even need a cell phone account to do all that, a WiFi connection will
suffice.



I got ripped off, then. I just bought a Navionics Gold US and N Bahamas
(no Caribbean charts) on a little SD/microSD card for my Lowrance
iFinder H20 hand-held chart plotter and it cost over a hundred bucks.

But, I'm sure the Navionics Gold SD charts are way more detailed
than what Navionics offers for that Samsung cell phone. Not to
mention the plotting function on the Lowrance is probably way
superior to some cheapo cell phone plotter.

I often marvel at how some people operate fifty-foot motor yachts worth
a million bucks and hanging off the bow is a 30 pound SS Danforth -
in other words, all show and no function. So why does somebody
with half a million dollars worth of motor yacht justify using a cell
phone for navigation??

But Gregory, a 30 lb. danforth will hold a boat perfectly well. It
depends on the anchorage and the weather and water.

--
Cheers,

Bruce in Bangkok

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:26:09 +0700, Bruce in bangkok
wrote:

But Gregory, a 30 lb. danforth will hold a boat perfectly well. It
depends on the anchorage and the weather and water.

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We have used a 30 lb Danforth as a day anchor in some pretty severe
conditions. With enough scope and a good bottom it holds our 70,000
pound trawler just fine (30 kt winds, exposed anchorage with 3 to 5 ft
seas).