Location services use data?

Hi all, I leave with my iPhone 4 for Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands tomorrow. I was wondering if there is any way to use my device as a GPS without actually using data via AT&T. No way can I afford to pay for an international data plan.
Thanks!

You should be able to turn off cellular data and continue to use the gps. May not be as quick since it won't receive assistance from the cell tower, but gps should work.
Data is needed to download the maps though, unless you have a gps application, like tom-tom or navigon, with built-in maps. You cannot use the phone's maps application because it downloads map data.
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