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Originally Posted by Phantom27
I would never rely on a GPS in a remote wilderness area. I'm a compass / map kind of guy. A GPS is great but I don't believe in putting your life in the hands of an electronic device in the wilderness. I was just thinking how cool it would be to use the Omnia in the wilderness for the coolness factor ("Look what my phone will do!!")
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It will work, and yes a compass is the way to go but having a real gps that you know will work can help as a back up or on occasions when compass is giving false readings or for a novice. I have never got lost in the wilderness just lost things i went looking for in my younger years. But at the very least get gps program with a blank canvas. It will tell you where you start so no matter where you go you have a strait line reference back to POI. Some have options that allow you to calibrate any map or picture that you want to two reference points on the map. besides Stealing downloads that is about all there is thats free.