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I just realized that the gps receiver in the Blackberry Q10  
(bb) can be entertaining.

It began with my search for an app that could integrate the GPS  
reciever with map info.  The built-in Maps app in the bb only  
works with cellular connection, so that wouldn't do.

A friend suggested a OpenMap from Fdroid.. but the bb wouldn't  
support it. (Fdroid only provides a download link for apps that  
it thinks are compatible with my bb's Android version). But in  
the list of supported apps was something called GPStest which  
was downloadable.

I'm suitably impressed with that one!

It pinpoints the GPS sats in the sky, even the other  
international ones not just the USA ones.

There is a map mode which pinpoints one's own location, and the  
data is shareable.  So.. if you needed to tell someone your  
coordinates, it's easy.

The app operates purely with GPS, no cellular or wifi required.


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