>>2710660how bulky/heavy is a drone? my cousin uses one when sailing long distances. there's some crossover to hiking/camping, like cooking prepped meals sous vide
>>2710678>all-in-one offline maps with KML addon and some land ownership data i got from government websitespretty based. it looks like for ios, organic maps and osmand are options for me to consider. apple maps is turbo-cucked and google maps is semi-cucked, but another consideration besides offline/topo capability is hands-free operations and good narrated driving directions
as far as hands-free goes, my dedicated car computer (old iphone, picrel) is semi-permanently installed on my dashboard and the charge cables provided by the radio's hidden aftermarket bluetooth unit disappears into the trim. unfortunately, it requires an internet connection for siri voice commands, so i'm gonna try this for pay-as-i-go multi-provider data. it's basically "IoT fleet management" even though the fleet is 1 car:
https://telnyx.com/use-cases/fleet-managementaccording to the government, who never lies about anything ever, mobile data seems reasonably good enough that 3G + offline road and topo + paper and compass would provide pretty bulletproof navigation:
https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/location-summary/mobile?version=jun2023&zoom=4.00&vlon=-97.000000&vlat=38.000000&env=0&tech=tech4ghttps://fcc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6c1b2e73d9d749cdb7bc88a0d1bdd25bquick note, the OBD2 sensor can display accurate realtime info from car sensors as well as scan any warnings that may appear on the dashboard. retrofitting a 1997 volvo to be low-key high-tech is a side project
