Gps and movement

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painkiller Apr 16, 2010

As some of you know I'm taking a plane trip to washington dc and was wondering if the gps will be able to locate me if i'm moving that fast?
lew1995 Apr 16, 2010

I thought you couldn't use the Internet on planes.
painkiller Apr 16, 2010

Well air trans has wifi on it's planes so I assume it's ok
Brown🎵Note Apr 16, 2010

You should be in airplane mode with wifi on. That will probably put your location in the Atlanta terminal for the entire trip. Been there, done that. If you turn on the phone, I don't know how well GPS will work. But you aren't going to try, are you? 😉😉
Gabrielkml Apr 16, 2010

painkiller wrote:
As some of you know I'm taking a plane trip to washington dc and was wondering if the gps will be able to locate me if i'm moving that fast?

don't use a phone on a plane u chould get every 1 killed. Mythbuster say it may or may not
BellaItaliana Apr 16, 2010

I doubt it would work, sometimes it has a hard enough time finding me in the car.
painkiller Apr 16, 2010

Gabrielkml wrote:
painkiller wrote:
As some of you know I'm taking a plane trip to washington dc and was wondering if the gps will be able to locate me if i'm moving that fast?

don't use a phone on a plane u chould get every 1 killed. Mythbuster say it may or may not
saw that one a while back, but I'm just using wifi, Iphone using wifi is the same as a laptop using wifi
DarthPenatrator Apr 16, 2010

BellaItaliana wrote:
I doubt it would work, sometimes it has a hard enough time finding me in the car.

same here.
nick Apr 16, 2010

It'll locate you to wherever the airplane's wireless provider is located. When I fly VA it always locates me in SFO or somewhere near DFW.
ChainsawCharlie Apr 16, 2010

Today it's ridiculous. The fears and warnings date back to the early days of flying and radio when simples radios could cause intereference

Phones and gadgets today still can, but on a level to bring down a plane.
~Matt~ Apr 16, 2010

Quote From Mythbusters regarding cell phone use on flights:

When you make a call at 10,000 feet, the signal bounces off multiple available cell towers, rather than one at a time. That means too many phone-happy jetsetters might clog up the networks on the ground, which is why the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — not the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) — banned cell use on planes.
~Matt~ Apr 16, 2010

Site: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/db/transportation/cell-phones-interfere-plane-instruments.html
p s i Apr 16, 2010

Gabrielkml wrote:
painkiller wrote:
As some of you know I'm taking a plane trip to washington dc and was wondering if the gps will be able to locate me if i'm moving that fast?

don't use a phone on a plane u chould get every 1 killed. Mythbuster say it may or may not

lmao. If this was really true all a terrorist would have to do is bring a bunch of cell phone's onboard.
BRITFURY™ Apr 16, 2010

Lol kill em all for 4 graffitis and a warehouse! I ain't gettin on no plane fool....
 Apr 17, 2010

p s i wrote:
Gabrielkml wrote:
painkiller wrote:
As some of you know I'm taking a plane trip to washington dc and was wondering if the gps will be able to locate me if i'm moving that fast?

don't use a phone on a plane u chould get every 1 killed. Mythbuster say it may or may not

lmao. If this was really true all a terrorist would have to do is bring a bunch of cell phone's onboard.

get on the fucking ground or I swear to god I'll phone my mum❕📱👈
ecrusher Apr 17, 2010

painkiller wrote:
Gabrielkml wrote:
painkiller wrote:
As some of you know I'm taking a plane trip to washington dc and was wondering if the gps will be able to locate me if i'm moving that fast?

don't use a phone on a plane u chould get every 1 killed. Mythbuster say it may or may not
saw that one a while back, but I'm just using wifi, Iphone using wifi is the same as a laptop using wifi
wi fi doesn't jam frequencys while at & t does meaning that it would have to be a hundred times stronger
 Apr 17, 2010

YOU wrote:
p s i wrote:
Gabrielkml wrote:
painkiller wrote:
As some of you know I'm taking a plane trip to washington dc and was wondering if the gps will be able to locate me if i'm moving that fast?

don't use a phone on a plane u chould get every 1 killed. Mythbuster say it may or may not

lmao. If this was really true all a terrorist would have to do is bring a bunch of cell phone's onboard.

get on the fucking ground or I swear to god I'll phone my mum❕📱👈
✈📱👈🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
ChainsawCharlie Apr 18, 2010

nick wrote:
It'll locate you to wherever the airplane's wireless provider is located. When I fly VA it always locates me in SFO or somewhere near DFW.

That's interesting, considering how in flight wifi works. There is only one company in the US authorized to provide in flight communications.
It works over the 800 mhz EVDO system and connects to cell towers on the ground. Ir seems like it would locate you to what ever tower you were connected to at the time.

What realy sucks is that it only works over land, so flying to and from Hawaii, we don't get in flight wifi.