Taking GPS unit on a plane?

[Vrooom]

Well, can you?

[9c1]

Probably can’t use it at takeoff/landing but you can take it.

[mike125k]

I have. Not sure if its “airline approved”, but did anyhow.

[rugsr]

i always wanted to take a video using my point and shoot of taking off and landing…but after they say all electronic devices off…i shut it off. No balls here, dont feel liek pushing fate

But really…can a little camera take the place down, i dont think so

[Eazy716]

I ran my Sony VX-2000 video camera during takeoff and landing before. No crashy :gotme:

[38stang]

i have

[Blue_Eyed_Devil]

Reading the posts made me wonder, do they make a camera with gps so you know exactly where you were when you took the picture?

[ryanbgb22]

@Blue Eyed Devil

Reading the posts made me wonder, do they make a camera with gps so you know exactly where you were when you took the picture?

Amazon.com: Nikon GP-1A GPS Unit For Nikon DSLR Cameras (27034) : Electronics

[cfrat1]

I took my old TomTom on a plane. I kept it off during take off/landing. During the rest of the flight though it was awesome to watch how fast you cover states… I think we were cruising around 500mph? Funny to see for the first time.

[paulysplitx]

I have taken mine on a plane multiple times. Didn’t turn it on though.

[Harvey]

@paulysplitx

I have taken mine on a plane multiple times. Didn’t turn it on though.

Me too. No problems

[llink78]

@Blue Eyed Devil

Reading the posts made me wonder, do they make a camera with gps so you know exactly where you were when you took the picture?

lol Iphone with TomTom gps?

[Paulo]

@Blue Eyed Devil

Reading the posts made me wonder, do they make a camera with gps so you know exactly where you were when you took the picture?

There are actually a good number of cameras with this function now. It logs the coordinates of where the photo was taken on the EXIF if I’m remembering right. I know the D90 does it.

[JayS]

I took a borrowed on in my carry on when I went to NC to get the GTO. I turned it on and held it to the window long enough to get signal and set the “top speed” on my buddies Garmin to something he would never top in his Trailblazer.

I had to admit how I did it when he was questioning my 530mph top speed.

Really not sure if I was supposed to keep it off or not. I don’t see why considering it doesn’t broadcast anything and just receives a sat signal that the plane is being hit with anyway.

[boardjnky4]

Mobile phones on aircraft

@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_on_aircraft

The use of mobile telephones aboard commercial aircraft is gradually being accepted during flights. Several airlines have already allowed it and more intend to do so. The airline industry and its governing bodies have concluded there is no safety risk from operating phones during flights provided they are operated with the appropriate equipment aboard. However, airlines need to install suitable equipment to enable safe and effective operation of mobile phones…

…Mobile phones are radio transmitters and as such are banned from use in civilian airplanes by the Federal Aviation Agency…

GPS != radio transmitter

[walter]

@Blue Eyed Devil

Reading the posts made me wonder, do they make a camera with gps so you know exactly where you were when you took the picture?

Shit, even my phone does geotagging, get with the times bud

[Jon]

@JayS

Really not sure if I was supposed to keep it off or not. I don’t see why considering it doesn’t broadcast anything and just receives a sat signal that the plane is being hit with anyway.

:word:

Not to mention they do make GPS units that are designed for airplanes
and being that laptops are permitted on airplanes someone could just buy the garmin GPS antenna/software designed for a laptop and use it on the plane.

[n20junkie]

@boardjnky4

Mobile phones on aircraft - Wikipedia

GPS != radio transmitter

Might wana Wikipedia GPS. They are strictly a reciever. They recieve a time stamped signal, and compare it to the units internal time, and can calculate the distance from the satellite the unit is. 3 satellites will give a 2D location, 4 satellites will give a 3D location (altitude).

Although only a reciever, they are not on the approved list for electronic devices.

[n20junkie]

@Jon

:word:

Not to mention they do make GPS units that are designed for airplanes
and being that laptops are permitted on airplanes someone could just buy the garmin GPS antenna/software designed for a laptop and use it on the plane.

Technically not. You cannot connect anything you want to a laptop and say that its now appoved because its connected to the lap top. I cannot connect a transmitter, or any other item that is not approved to my laptop and call it good. The FCC and FAA are behind the times. Once they catch on to the fact that evey laptop has bluetooth and the such, you will see the laptops get new restrictions. They have a big business lobby, but give it time.

[pirite]

i go flying in my grandfather’s cessna all the time and we’ve got a gps in there that we use on the ground, during take off, in flight, and landing with no problems at all.