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Joseph Elfelt

@regordane Yes, GeoJPG works offline on iOS and Android. If you can display landmarks in your area with the GISsurfer web map (one of my other projects) then you can make your own custom map that will include those landmarks and view that map offline with GeoJPG.

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Hilary

@mappingsupport

I'm still not clear from that technoblurb whether or how geo-location works when offline. I'm also sure that the sort of person who gets separated on an office team-building trip is likely to be the sort of person who wouldn't be able to use this.

Joseph Elfelt

@regordane Sure, not everyone is equally tech savvy. For a group event one person who is tech savvy could make the map and then show everyone how to install it. Just like anything else you learned, easy once you go through it a few times.

An endless variety of software does geolocation offline using data from one or more satellite constellations.

Hilary

@mappingsupport

Erm, this would be excellent for a well-led group.

The bad thing that happened is pretty clear evidence that the group was not well-led.

Joseph Elfelt

@regordane Another thing for groups is to have one of the more experienced persons act as rear guard. That way no one ever gets left in the back on their own.

Hilary

@mappingsupport

Yes. Absolutely. This is one of the many things that went wrong, for sure. And not something that technology could have dealt with.

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