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Using phone as a GPS

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geordiegirl Mar 2015 11:22am, 10 Mar 2015 7,500 posts	Quote Pin geordiegirl I'll be out walking Ellie tomorrow I'll take my phone with me and see what happens. 'citing.
RunningRonnie Mar 2015 11:34am, 10 Mar 2015 1,369 posts	Quote Pin RunningRonnie Pretty close.
Mandymoo Mar 2015 12:01pm, 10 Mar 2015 1,588 posts	Quote Pin Mandymoo It found me
JantasticDistracted (JD) Mar 2015 12:05pm, 10 Mar 2015 1,126 posts	Quote Pin JantasticDistracted (JD) Apparently I'm in the car park, so about 40 metres out. Not bad seeing as I'm indoors really
Dochart Mar 2015 1:27pm, 10 Mar 2015 771 posts	Quote Pin Dochart GPS isn't switched on on my phone but it still pinpointed me. What is this voodoo magic?
Tim of MK Mar 2015 1:27pm, 10 Mar 2015 2,045 posts	Quote Pin Tim of MK I use the Map My Run app to chart all my runs. I find it very accurate.
MarkyMarkMark Mar 2015 1:39pm, 10 Mar 2015 1,665 posts	Quote Pin MarkyMarkMark Dochart, it'll be using WiFi network locations and IP addresses. V. Sneaky stuff..... I've left my Garmin 405 at home a few times (age and forgetfulness!) and so ended up installing RunKeeper (the free version) on my mobile in an emergency on the way to a 10k race! I've discovered it's pretty accurate/comparable all things considered, and in one or two odd places where my Garmin has a persistent blind spot (like outside my offices is one :()it's actually better looking at the resulting map.
pedroscalls Mar 2015 1:41pm, 10 Mar 2015 2,260 posts	Quote Pin pedroscalls It was about 1/4 of a mile out as the crow flies, or 1/2 mile by road with me, put me at the other side of the estate
fetcheveryone Mar 2015 1:44pm, 10 Mar 2015 15,789 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone Pedro - were you on wireless or 3/4G?
pedroscalls Mar 2015 1:51pm, 10 Mar 2015 2,261 posts	Quote Pin pedroscalls I was on 3G Fetch.