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minus-squareSuperZutsuki [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoHow the hell could you be lost if you have cell service?
minus-squareCummunism [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 year agothey could have cell service for a call or text but not data and data would be needed for a map app. Although I think they could have thought ahead and downloaded an offline map of the area and maybe that would work with GPS and no data service.
minus-squareD3FNC [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMobile phone location data is almost never satellite GPS, they universally use cellular tower triangulation
How the hell could you be lost if you have cell service?
they could have cell service for a call or text but not data and data would be needed for a map app. Although I think they could have thought ahead and downloaded an offline map of the area and maybe that would work with GPS and no data service.
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Mobile phone location data is almost never satellite GPS, they universally use cellular tower triangulation