robyonfrome
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on route flying to the Canaries I wondered if my Navionics app would work, and to my surprise it did, it not only gave the moving Gps position, but also the reducing milage and the speed, well impressed.
Impressed by Navionics app
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photodog
Lord High Commander of Upper Broughton and Gunthor
It's cool isnt it?
itspaul
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hi i'm struggling to find this app in the app store can anyone give me any pointers ? for an ipad by the way thanks
KevO
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Are you allowed to have your phone/other similar device on during flight?
prv
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Yes, as long as no radio transmitter in it is active. Since there are various transmitters (cellular, wi-fi, bluetooth) there is a single switch labelled "airplane mode" that turns them all off in one go and displays a little aeroplane icon in the top left of the screen, demonstrating that you're following the rules.
The GPS chip doesn't transmit, so that is allowed and remains on.
You are required to turn it right off for takeoff and landing, although the debate rages over whether this is really necessary.
Pete
KevO
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Cool! I just seem to remember the FA announcers always saying "use of mobile phones is not permitted during flight whether in airplane mode or not" or general words to that effect. Maybe it depends on the airline... 
Does the GPS app still work in airplane mode? I thought that cut all external connectivity. I'll have to check mine...
Does the GPS app still work in airplane mode? I thought that cut all external connectivity. I'll have to check mine...
prv
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Sure you're not thinking of "during takeoff and landing"?
Given the number of devices that now have cellular radios in (iPads, Android tablets, some laptops, Kindle e-book readers, etc) and all the non-telephone-related stuff that mobile phones have in (music, e-books, articles, games, etc) it would be even more nonsensical than usual to base what must be turned off solely on the size and shape of the case.
Pete
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Cardo
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Many devices have a combined GSM/GPS chip. This is why only the 3G/4G iPad has GPS. I guess it depends on what happens when you put the device in airplane mode. It might just switch off the GSM part of the chip, or it could switch off the entire chip, thus disabling GPS also.
KevO
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True enough... maybe it's just some airlines... or my memory... I'll listen harder next time 
Ex-SolentBoy
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An iPad in airplane mode cannot dermine it's position so you were a naughty boy
zikzik
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An iPad in airplane mode cannot dermine it's position so you were a naughty boy
I have a 3G ipad, but without a sim card. The GPS works fine of course. No need even to put it in 'airplane' mode in that situation surely once airborne?
ditchcrawler
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The Navionics apps have indeed vanished off the I Tunes apps site.Hope it is not permanent as I was about to buy one.
Bosun Higgs
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Probably not. Like hospitals where you arent allowed to do so but the doctors happily use them. H&S and theoretical problems made into major issues by a committee of arse coverers.
I feel better know.P.S. But shush - or the MCA will ban their use on boats too.
Cardo
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You forget WiFi and Bluetooth that also need to be switched off. You can switch off each bit individually, but the Airplane mode does it all for you with one switch.
Cardo
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Probably not. Like hospitals where you arent allowed to do so but the doctors happily use them. H&S and theoretical problems made into major issues by a committee of arse coverers.
P.S. But shush - or the MCA will ban their use on boats too.
All the flights I've been on recently have specifically stated that mobile phones could be used outside of take-off/landing as long as they were switched to Airplane mode, which had to be done prior to take-off.
Blueboatman
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The Navionics simply confirms what we as sailors always suspected..nothing goes to windward like a jet airplane
Ex-SolentBoy
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If you turn wifi and bluetooth off the GPS still works
If you put it into airplane mode it does not
Does depend on the flight crew though. I once got asked to turn off a Garmin eTrex. Stupid.
Cardo
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A further issue with not putting a phone into Airplane mode and therefore leaving the GSM chip running, is that it will still look for networks, and thus create radio waves, even if there is no SIM card inserted. This is what allows one to make an emergency call without a SIM card.
As you've stated, putting the device into Airplane mode disables the GSM/GPS chip entirely, not just the GSM side of it.
Cookee
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It all disappeared before when they were updating everything - maybe a new version is about to come out?
