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A < 30 year old today almost certainly had a modern smartphone with mapping when they learned to drive, entirely skipping the era of garmin and similar GPS devices in cars.

My only exposure to GPS without data came from outdoor sports where GPS watches and PLBs are common, as are offline mapping applications. I don't think it's obvious to most casual users of GPS technology today that it is entirely independent from data connectivity.




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