by Paphitis » Wed Aug 15, 2018 12:47 pm
I laugh at people who turn of Location Services on privacy grounds these days.
When you turn it all off, you are effectively disabling the best means in which this technology can help you - anything from finding a shop, a business, somewhere to eat to fuel your car.
Let me explain further. I have 3 Ipads (yes 3). I hate it because I have wires everywhere and have to charge them all everyday because its mandatory to start work with both charged to 100%. Now let me explain what these tools are capable of doing.
Well one Ipad actually belongs to me and is for personal use, the other 2 are issued by the company I work for as an Electronic Flight Bag where all the documents are loaded on a Contents Locker, as well as programs like Jeppview, Runway, Airservices NAIPS etc etc. All the Navigational and performance documents as well as the procedures and checklists are located in the one spot, including every approach plate in the world. You can load flight plans, lodge them, monitor Enroute Charts, and the GPS can even track your progress on the chart, flight plan or approach plate, even on an approach with pinpoint accuracy using the GPS. We carry 2 as a back up, and the other pilot has 2 as well, which makes it 4 in total. A lot of redundancy.
We don't use it for navigation because the aircraft has better systems, but it is fantastic for situational awareness and briefing weather, and Aerodrome Plates and Approach Plates, or a Standard Instrument Departure or Standard Arrival Procedure. All this stuff relies on location services. The software even plots on on the Glidepath of an Instrument Landing System.
You can run but you can’t hide. 
