Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.

From	Andrew <andys@nospam.com>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android, alt.privacy
Subject	Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.
Date	2024-12-02 19:22 +0000
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sms wrote on Mon, 2 Dec 2024 10:08:05 -0800 :

> But I wonder about Wi-Fi only iPads since Apple forgot to include GPS 
> capability. 

I ran an experiment on a Wi-Fi only iPad years ago, and it did mapping
quite well, surprisingly. The current location moved in fits though, as it
figured out, from the local access points, where it was (it snapped to the
road surprisingly well from the Costo at Almaden to the San Jose airport).

> On most Android tablets, even those without cellular 
> connectivity, there is still a GPS so apps that require a GPS, like 
> offline mapping, will still work.

For Android, a decent offline GPS-only map is the free OSMAnd~ app.
 *OsmAnd& Maps & GPS Offline by OsmAnd, In-app purchases
 Free, ad free, 4.5 star, 153K reviews, 10M+ Downloads
 <https://osmand.net/>
 <https://f-droid.org/repo/net.osmand.plus_431203.apk>
 <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/>
 <https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd>

You can download Google Maps offline, which I did for years when it first
came out, but it's so much of a PITA that I don't bother with that anymore.

On Android (and on iOS) one can download and route and show your position
on an offline geoReferenced PDF (all the USA parks & every inch of the USA
except for the military locations has a free georeferenced PDF for that).

Most people use Avenza (iOS/Android) for routing on georeferenced PDFs.
 *Avenza Maps* Offline Mapping by Avenza Systems Inc., In-app purchases
 Free, ad free, 4.6 star, 72.6K reviews, 1M+ Downloads
 <https://www.avenza.com/avenza-maps/>
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Avenza>
 <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id388424049>

But I use Paper Maps (iOS/Android) because it has fewer limitations.
 *Paper Maps* by Abbro Inc, In-app purchases
 Free, ad free, 5K+ Downloads
 <https://www.paper-maps.com/>
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.abbro.androidmap>
 <https://apps.apple.com/app/nextmap/id1147385120>

What I use also is a platform-agnostic web site which generates geoPDFs for
any area, such as Caltopo does - as can be shown here for Europe.
 <https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=40.14529,14.83154&z=5&b=mbt>
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.caltopo.android>

With Caltopo, you can plan a route and save it on a georeferenced PDF.
Then you can load that georeferenced PDF & route into any map program.
 <https://www.offline-maps.net/>
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.psyberia.offlinemaps>

There's more if you know what you're doing, as I never have any problem
routing offline on either iOS or Android (but I mostly use Android).

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A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-11-29 14:10 -0800
  Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-11-30 01:11 +0000
    Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-11-30 03:56 +0000
      Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-11-30 04:22 +0000
      Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-11-29 21:12 -0800
        Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-11-30 07:57 +0100
        Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-11-30 07:16 +0000
          Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-11-30 10:57 +0000
        Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-02 09:48 +0100
          Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-02 16:24 +0000
            Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 17:36 +0000
              Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-02 18:13 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 19:08 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-02 13:35 -0700
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 06:51 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-03 08:40 -0700
            Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-12-02 10:11 -0800
            Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-02 23:52 +0100
              Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-02 16:42 -0700
  Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-11-29 21:32 -0600
    Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-11-29 21:35 -0600
      Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-11-30 08:37 -0600
        Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Isaac Montara <IsaacMontara@nospam.com> - 2024-11-30 13:46 -0500
          Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-11-30 14:55 -0600
            Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Isaac Montara <IsaacMontara@nospam.com> - 2024-12-01 17:47 -0500
              Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-01 18:38 -0600
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 04:28 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-12-02 08:30 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-12-02 17:52 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-12-02 21:24 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-12-02 21:58 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-12-02 23:15 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 02:51 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-12-03 08:02 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-12-03 17:39 +0000
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-12-02 10:08 -0800
                Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 19:22 +0000
    Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-11-29 21:01 -0800
      Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-11-30 02:14 -0600
  Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-11-30 09:36 +0100
  Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-11-30 10:25 +0000
    Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-11-30 11:12 +0000
      Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-11-30 11:36 +0000
      Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Bill Powell <bill@anarchists.org> - 2024-11-30 19:55 +0100
    Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-11-30 12:41 +0100

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