Someone please answer this riddle ...

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Someone please answer this riddle ...

My iPhone's cell data is shut off (I'm out of the country and it wouldn't work anyway) and there is no WIFI hooked up or even on. So no data going to phone at all. BUT somehow my maps work. It shows every single street I go down with the little blue dot. Tell me how?

8-Core 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon MacPro, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Apr 10, 2011 8:56 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 10, 2011 9:02 AM in response to Christopher Sims

With the Maps app included with the iPhone?

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Answer 2

Njb79

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Apr 10, 2011 9:02 AM in response to Christopher Sims

Maps use GPS not Data.

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Answer 3

Apr 10, 2011 9:03 AM in response to Allan Sampson

yes the maps included with the iphone ... I guess it must be GPS ...

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Answer 4

Apr 10, 2011 9:04 AM in response to Njb79

The Maps app included with the iPhone requires an internet connection to download maps data.

A GPS maps app with maps data included with the app does not.

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Answer 5

Apr 10, 2011 9:05 AM in response to Christopher Sims

GPS access alone does not include maps data. As with any other GPS receiver, if you don't have maps data indicating your location all you have is a little blue dot.

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Apr 10, 2011 9:08 AM in response to Allan Sampson

correct ... but if you preload the maps via wifi before your bike ride through the streets of Rome .... its a pretty useful tool without any internet or cell access.

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Answer 7

Apr 10, 2011 9:12 AM in response to Christopher Sims

Then you answered your own question.

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Answer 8

Apr 10, 2011 9:19 AM in response to Allan Sampson

I didnt know there was a separate GPS chip in the iPhone ...

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Answer 9

Apr 10, 2011 9:21 AM in response to Christopher Sims

Yes, which doesn't change anything in regards to access to maps data.

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