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Re: Precipitous Bluff

PostPosted: Mon 17 Feb, 2020 4:28 pm
by Warin
Higgs track person had a working phone. Most phones these days have a compass function, and most are capable of having a map.

Re: Precipitous Bluff

PostPosted: Mon 17 Feb, 2020 4:34 pm
by Tortoise
Warin wrote:Higgs track person had a working phone. Most phones these days have a compass function, and most are capable of having a map.

I think your average non-serious bushwalker wouldn't know how to use the former, and wouldn't have a useful map available to them.

Re: Precipitous Bluff

PostPosted: Tue 18 Feb, 2020 11:39 am
by matagi
Warin wrote:Higgs track person had a working phone. Most phones these days have a compass function, and most are capable of having a map.


My experience with phone compasses has not inspired me with confidence in their utility. Wildly inaccurate would be the best description - I have sat in a group of people all looking at their phone compasses trying to locate North and had differences up to 180 degrees!