I would personally just treat whatever direction I'm facing at the time as North and go from there.
I would personally just treat whatever direction I'm facing at the time as North and go from there.
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Worst case scenario, download a compass app for your phone, but watch out for scams that will require heavy network traffic
iPhone/appleWatch may have one already, but I don’t know about android
iOS has a built in compass app.
So does Android. This phone is old and it's on the edge menu (Samsung).
Quick shoutout for Trail Sense for Android. Designed to function offline, lots of cool navigation/basic tools I haven't used outside of the GPS and compass, reasonable permissions, etc. One of those "You don't know how useful it is until you don't have connectivity" things.
I feel like while your phone has battery, there are easier ways to navigate than a compass.
No data, no map.
GPS can give your coordinates, but that’s pointless unless you walk a bit and translate the direction.
Compass uses most of its power for the screen.
Do you have a minute to talk about Openstreetmap? You can download the map before you head out, then navigate without data connection.
google also allows offline caching, but also needs to be set up ahead of time. AFAIK once you set a region to download, it will update that cache regularly.
I would expect this is a feature that most map apps would offer
This requires foresight. Most people don't plan on getting lost.
I just use the app for navigation so I always download the map for the area I travel to before I go.
I used to do the same when i was too poor to afford data on my phone or when i go through areas with poor service.