iPad and Navigation

greg mgm

Explorer
Hijack.....do you mind saying what your job is?
Great boss and great job? Does that really exist??


Yep, one of the nicest people on Earth.
LOL! A great boss + a great job = no hiring because nobody ever leaves.

Now, how the heck do I navigate with this IPAD thing?

Keep the ideas coming.

:lurk:
 

off-roader

Expedition Leader
So any more updates on the BE GPS? I hope we've been able to figure out why it didn't work reliably... Otherwise Ill just jailbreak my Ipad and use a BT GPS I guess w/ my newly received RAMM ipad car mount.:ylsmoke:
 

off-roader

Expedition Leader
So any more updates on the BE GPS? I hope we've been able to figure out why it didn't work reliably... Otherwise Ill just jailbreak my Ipad and use a BT GPS I guess w/ my newly received RAMM ipad car mount.:ylsmoke:

Or maybe I won't need to... seems there's a new bluetooth gps compatible with ipads, ipod touch's, iphone's, etc. being offered by Dual...
Discussion thread here... http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=818257#post818257
Dual website page here...
http://gps.dualav.com/
PDF on this gps here...
http://www.gps.dualav.com/pdfs/xgps150.pdf

Hmmm... just noticed it doesn't indicate if it's a sirfstar III chipset or not.
 
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Schattenjager

Expedition Leader
Ram Mount for Otter Box Defender

Today I decided I wanted the iPad to go with me on my longer Alaskan trips. Using the Otterbox Defender, I was a little sad at the scant offerings for vehicle mounting while using this awesome case. Then, while searching around Ram Mount's web site - I found THIS. Will work with all the Ram mounting systems!

Seems like a perfect solution. The careful observer will notice the Photoshopped in silver bar on the side of the Defender case that Ram is using as a model. Guess the lawyers are into everything. Anyway, thought it was pretty neat and only came out yesterday!

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Awkragt

Adventurer
I'm probably going to be picking up an IPad 2 Friday. How much storage space does that topo maps program need to download say a whole state like WA?

Also what is the best/cheapest non-jailbreak GPS available if I get the wifi only version?
 

off-roader

Expedition Leader
I'm probably going to be picking up an IPad 2 Friday. How much storage space does that topo maps program need to download say a whole state like WA?

Also what is the best/cheapest non-jailbreak GPS available if I get the wifi only version?

The amount required to store an entire state's map depends on the resolution & data format being used by the app, but I don't know exact figures.

As for the best/cheapest non-jailbreak gps, there are only 3 that I know of but hopefully, there are others I'm not aware of...
- There's the Dual Bluetooth GPS (very new, no known unbiased reviews yet), not sure the price, nor the quality of their support. They didn't respond to my request for information so I'm doubtful on the quality.
- Then there's the Bad Elf GPS. Ben Edmondson (sp?) had one and the last I recall had mixed feelings on the unit's abilities based on his first use (http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=768875&postcount=25). Maybe he can update us on that?
- Then there's the GNS 5870 MFI Bluetooth GPS Receiver which someone said they purchased but I haven't seen any updates on it's effectiveness in the field.

HTH.
 

Awkragt

Adventurer
The amount required to store an entire state's map depends on the resolution & data format being used by the app, but I don't know exact figures.

As for the best/cheapest non-jailbreak gps, there are only 3 that I know of but hopefully, there are others I'm not aware of...
- There's the Dual Bluetooth GPS (very new, no known unbiased reviews yet), not sure the price, nor the quality of their support. They didn't respond to my request for information so I'm doubtful on the quality.
- Then there's the Bad Elf GPS. Ben Edmondson (sp?) had one and the last I recall had mixed feelings on the unit's abilities based on his first use (http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=768875&postcount=25). Maybe he can update us on that?
- Then there's the GNS 5870 MFI Bluetooth GPS Receiver which someone said they purchased but I haven't seen any updates on it's effectiveness in the field.

HTH.

Thanks. Its about time for a sticky that's got the basics. The number of ipad threads is hard to sort through.
 

redbeard

Adventurer
Here's some numbers to give you a ballpark idea.

The Nat Geo set for Colorado is on 7 CD's - and I think it can fit on 1 DVD. So 4-8 Gigs. They are compressed and not super hight resolution.

The original geotiff files I think run about 13 Gigs (again, for colorado).

I asked about the mapbox product earlier, as you can load your own maps (using their tools to create it).

I may try to create a statewide topo set to see how big it gets. Of course, for that product it also depends on the number of zoom levels.

More info is at mapbox.com. I'm not affiliated with them. They didnt respond to an email asking for some info. I don't have an iPad so I can't test it.
 

off-roader

Expedition Leader
Yeah, similarly for california, the Nat Geo set is on 8 CD's. I've put it onto a single 8 GB SD card which I use in my onboard Navigation laptop. it's too bad Nat Geo doesn't make software that can use the same data CD's on my Ipad.
 

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