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I use this hiking sometimes. Not as good as GPS obviously, but better than AllTrails.

> Not as good as GPS obviously

It is GPS.

You might be misunderstanding. They parent may be saying that they download the maps and just search for a road and use it like a paper map.

Also, "GPS" in the United States colloquially refers what people in the UK would call "sat-nav" not to the satellites + protocol (what it actually means on paper).

> You might be misunderstanding. They parent may be saying that they download the maps and just search for a road and use it like a paper map.

Maybe? When hiking it makes some sense to forego GPS to save battery power. I didn't consider that possibility when I commented earlier, but in my defense the context of the comment is using maps without an internet connection.

> Also, "GPS" in the United States colloquially refers what people in the UK would call "sat-nav"

Sure, but sat-nav doesn't require internet service...

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