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    How to Use SMARTPHONES FOR NAVIGATION

    Jul 08, 2022 5 minutes

    THE ISSUE OF SMARTPHONES for navigation in the hills reared its controversial head again recently following a BBC website piece with the title Hillwalkers warned more than a phone needed to navigate mountains. It contained statements like “Some people do not realise phones will just switch off at cold temperatures, leaving them stranded,” which is simply untrue.

    Despite the ubiquity of smartphones and their use for navigation, there are still quarters of the hillwalking and mountaineering world that view them with suspicion. I think this is very outdated and even counterproductive.

    Perhaps the most important point to make is that all navigational aids – be they smartphones, maps, compasses or GPS units – are just tools, and to be useful you need to know how

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