I'm 72 and still hunt the blue lines. I prefer to fish them by myself. Foolhardy? Perhaps. I remember a hand painted sign on the upper part of Young Woman's Creek that read something like, "Here's the spot where _____ died doing what he loved to do." Regardless, I do drop my son a location pin when I head into the woods alone. Do the tracking apps work where there's no cell service.? I'm thinking of the Hammersley Wild Area and sections of the Kettle and Pine Creek watersheds.
the police can ping your phone if you have service and the phone is on. I do not know about the tracking apps.
My Topo Maps+ app works in the Hammersley Wild Area, as it is GPS oriented. No cell service required. Tracking apps would use GPS as well.
Did you purchase the premium plan?
No, I have the basic Topo Maps+ app. It has worked on my most remote streams without issue. I use it all the time and love it. Nice to know where you are on streams that are miles in length.
360 does not work if you're not within cell service.
As mentioned, the Topo Maps+ app does exactly that. You do need to download locations you'll be in. No cell service needed otherwise, it works off of a GPS satellite, not a cell tower.
Like any of the mapping services all trails, onx, huntstand etc you can see your GPS location on a downloaded map, however I am not aware that your phones locations can be transmitted to other users when you do not have cell service. That is the issue being discussed here. You may not be lost and can see your location, but if others can't see your location, a search party doesn't know where to look.
Now I see what you're referring to. I doubt that can happen. Just let folks know the stream you'll be on, and when you're expected to return. That takes care of that snag.
So it’s funny I posted this today cause I just read it now seems like the new IPhone 14 will allow Emergency satellite communication.
