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DJWalnut  ·  3406 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Millions of Facebook users have no idea they’re using the internet

most maps apps pull map data from the internet as you use them, as in when you zoom to a location in the app, it downloads the image of that section





Kafke  ·  3406 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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Kafke  ·  3406 days ago  ·  link  ·  

True. Most smartphone maps download data as needed. But some mapping solutions don't require the internet at all.