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Better still to use an OpenStreetMap-based offline maps app - I use MapsWithMe, but many others are available. (The existing Volo maps are OSM-based, too.)
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It has an 'off' button.  OK, I didn't know that. When I got on at Paddington last year all the screens seemed to be already on in the empty seats. Loading Google Maps over Train WiFi is also a very bad idea... Uses a huge amount of Bandwidth and it would never work reliably. You'd be best using 3G, H+ or 4G if available. But even then that will be slow and use a chunk of your Data Allowance.
A few apps will do a speedometer on Android and iPhone devices which uses GPS. Pretty accurate from what I've seen too.
Then of course there is Google Location History which plots where you go (or where your phone does)...
Better still to use an OpenStreetMap-based offline maps app - I use MapsWithMe, but many others are available. (The existing Volo maps are OSM-based, too.)
Offline maps are good because you only have to worry about a GPS connection. In the past I have used offline Google maps overseas to avoid roaming fees but you can only download tiles or multiples of tiles several miles across (I can't remember the size). When visiting Berlin and Hamburg in the last few years I needed to download two overlapping tiles for the west and east of the cities. I could then see where I was on the train journey to / from the airport. For a journey like London to Bristol this would probably be impractical. I also use Navmii but this is more for driving and walking along roads. |
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« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2014, 23:04:07 » |
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My tomtom seems to do the trick nicely. Not wanting to leave it in the car, I've often had it on the train and been able to locate where I am and how fast travelling at. I once was using it and the railway was adjacent to a road, and it was giving me speed camera alerts, and it was giving warnings to my speed as the train was considerably in excess of the limit on the adjacent road.
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« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2014, 23:27:14 » |
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Loading Google Maps over Train WiFi is also a very bad idea... Uses a huge amount of Bandwidth and it would never work reliably. You'd be best using 3G, H+ or 4G if available. But even then that will be slow and use a chunk of your Data Allowance. A few apps will do a speedometer on Android and iPhone devices which uses GPS. Pretty accurate from what I've seen too. Then of course there is Google Location History which plots where you go (or where your phone does)...  Oh wow I didn't realise it did that. Creepy |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2014, 00:12:58 » |
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« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2014, 09:30:13 » |
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And then passing the data on to the CIA▸ "in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework". Lol No need now - it's posted on here  . |
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« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2014, 16:22:13 » |
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You won't be complaining when the data is used to catch a criminal. or provide you with an alibi.
This "police state UK▸ " hysteria we have is nonsense. If you've nothing to hide...
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« Reply #23 on: April 17, 2014, 17:42:41 » |
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You won't be complaining when the data is used to catch a criminal. or provide you with an alibi.
This "police state UK▸ " hysteria we have is nonsense. If you've nothing to hide...
You did notice the various smileys and the 'Lol' used in preceding posts I presume? If not, may I suggest you set your irony filter to manual.  |
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« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2014, 08:02:54 » |
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You won't be complaining when the data is used to catch a criminal. or provide you with an alibi.
This "police state UK▸ " hysteria we have is nonsense. If you've nothing to hide...
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« Reply #25 on: April 18, 2014, 09:27:55 » |
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You won't be complaining when the data is used to catch a criminal. or provide you with an alibi.
This "police state UK▸ " hysteria we have is nonsense. If you've nothing to hide...
The fact that you think you are innocent doesn't mean that you are not guilty... |
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« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2014, 17:02:07 » |
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Careful, you'll get sacked by the Daily Mail for posting things like that... I've already been sacked. Apparently, I'm too extreme and controversial... |
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« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2014, 23:21:45 » |
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Careful, you'll get sacked by the Daily Mail for posting things like that... I've already been sacked. Apparently, I'm too extreme and controversial... Oh dear, Thought Crime. Double Plus bad. |
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