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Old 10-04-2022, 01:48 AM   #53
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
A lot of hiking gets done in areas without cell service, much less wifi. That's where offline maps, which predate online maps, come in. Many eink ereaders have plenty of storage space for maps. The attraction of eink for hiking maps is sunlight readability and low battery usage. Dedicated handheld GPS are fine, but the screens tend to be small and also can't be used to read books at the end of the day.

Almost 10 years ago there was a (failed) crowd funded project to make a 6" eink screen tablet with GPS, walkie talkie, and solar cells.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=213065
I use my Unihertz Jelly2 smartphone as a GPS/Glonass/Beidou receiver and connect it via Bluetooth to my Boox Poke 2 in A2 mode, which runs OsmAnd+ with monthly map updates.
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