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		AlotOfReading 18 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guide.world: A compendium of travel guides You'd probably be better off not trying to navigate using GPS in China in the first place, given the whole mapping situation there.

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master-lincoln 3 hours ago | [–]

You made me curious and I found this article detailing some background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_dat...

dewey 12 hours ago | [–]

Most popular hiking apps (Gaia GPS, AllTrails etc.) support the standard used in China, do you think people just navigate with paper maps there?

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