• Cummunism [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • lugal@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        But than again, GPS in the mountains might be not so good when you are in a valley or something

      • D3FNC [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Mobile phone location data is almost never satellite GPS, they universally use cellular tower triangulation