Point of clarification; the GPS in the phone will work with no cell
coverage. The GPS isn't dependent on cell towers for location. However, the
guidance system may be. Not many phones have the memory to store all the
necessary GIS information and so may require communication with the service
provider.

That said, I've worked with GPS enabled phones and think they're really a
slick way to go. Light, mobile, and easy to use.

Ryan
'82 camper van 'Beethoven'

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jake de Villiers
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 5:20 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: GPS

For starters, it would only work where there is cell coverage, which
excludes most of my province.

I'm not sure about yours.

On 7/30/07, mike <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
>
> Vannuts,
>
> I've been wanting to get a GPS system for my van for a while now. Frank's
> post really got me going. I'd like something like that if it had remote
> entry.
>
>
> However....today I got an offer from my cell phone company, Verizon.
> They're
> offering voice and picture GPS guidance on my cell phone for $10/month.
> Anybody have any experience with this system?
>
> Mike
>

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