I've downloaded a very good maps app called 'Here'. Like Google, you can download maps for offline use, but unlike Google you can download entire countries and store them on your phone's memory card (should it have one).
The app worked well in Rome last week, when we were temporarily lost a few times. Your position's shown by a green circle with a pointer, and the pointer shows the direction the phone's pointing.
I had been hoping to use it during take off and landing, to see where we were in relation to the ground, but the circle stayed black, meaning no GPS.
Was this because I'd set the phone to flight mode? The symbol for 'location' was still showing as 'on'. Data was always 'off' since leaving the UK, so would it have worked if i'd simply turned wi-fi and the phone off?
The app worked well in Rome last week, when we were temporarily lost a few times. Your position's shown by a green circle with a pointer, and the pointer shows the direction the phone's pointing.
I had been hoping to use it during take off and landing, to see where we were in relation to the ground, but the circle stayed black, meaning no GPS.
Was this because I'd set the phone to flight mode? The symbol for 'location' was still showing as 'on'. Data was always 'off' since leaving the UK, so would it have worked if i'd simply turned wi-fi and the phone off?