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Originally Posted by Squirrel
but if you pinpoint, a cell is your best bet
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This is inaccurate, cell phones work off of the cell towers and depending on their location can be very wacky and inaccuate in positioning. Let alone that you have to 1. buy the cell phone and 2. pay for a monthly fee. With most modern GPS systems they require 5-6 satellites confirmation for locating itself with better triaglation making them more accurate. Making them usually withing 3-5 meters and some nice ones being in the sub-meter.
I would also suggest something like the Garmin trail GPS. It gives you access to the trails and such in the wilderness information and is made to work in heavy tree areas. Some also include street maps too so they would be keen for your use if needing driving directions.
Key GPS selling/information points are accuracy, updating maps and data... this is kinda huge actually because they are updated constantly and some of the companies make you pay for updates. Add-on features might also be something you would like to look at, since this is for hiking and such trails and such kind of data will be important to you.
JW
