[ale] Living without a data plan how feasible is it

[JD]

No need for a data connection for GPS/mapping in the USA.

Maps – 100% offline - just avoid anything from Google.

    NAVFree USA (POI lists are limited)
    NAVFree World (POI lists are limited)
    OsmAnd – worldwide OSM maps
    Maps With Me – nags for paid version too much
    GPS Essentials – Tracking to match photos with GPS locations later.

City Guides
    TripAdvisor – these are nice, if it exists for your city. Get the app FOR
YOUR CITY, not the generic app. Surrounding areas don't usually get included in
the data, but for the core city stuff, 500 hotels, 500 restaurants, 500 tourist
things should be there. The Atlanta TA App is highly limited, ITP only.

Travel Apps - most do not need live data connections:
  http://blog.jdpfu.com/2013/04/07/no-data-required-android-travel-apps


On 10/23/2014 09:28 AM, Todor Fassl wrote:
> I'll have to google LTE but  IIRC, a friend of my was poking around on my phone,
> trying to enable that, and couldn't do it. I mentioned that I'm blind so a
> friend took my phone while we were out to lunch and started checking to see if
> he could enable anything that might help me make better use of it. He spent a
> considerable amount of time trying to fix something with the data connection. He
> finally gave up. I didn't really pay any attention though because the only time
> I use my data plan is when I'm lost. The map app queries Apple's map data to
> figure out where I am.
> 
> The original topic is living w/o a data plan. I get lost too often not to have
> live map data but that seems to use kilobypes, not gigabytes. Howerver, if you 
> don't have a data plan, you can still use the GPS on your iPhone with Navigon
> from Garment. It's $40 and comes with downloadable map data. I used it for years
> on an iPod Touch with a bluetooth GPS receiver.  There were plenty of instances
> when I was the only person in a group who could get directions because we
> happened to be somewhere where nobody could get a data connection.