I know there are several good phone apps for this purpose, but I'd rather get a standalone unit and keep my phone free for other activities. The Florida Gambler 500 is around the corner, and its always a struggle to get the waypoint coordinates punched in quickly and get on the road. Anyone have a good suggestion for such a unit?
I use Gaia GPS on an 8-10" tablet on a Ram mount. Lots more information than the typical Garmin product. It leaves the phone free for other tasks but also allows the phone to be a backup in case the tablet pukes.
Gaia also allows for planning on a desktop and automatically syncs to the tablet and phone without worrying about uploading to another system.
This is kind of going back to an app, but I got a dedicated 7" tablet for offroad navigation, running Androzic which allows for map files that are scanned in from the official paper map used for each event. This leaves my phone free - but also available to be used as an identical backup, since it has all the same software and maps to be used as well.
Toyman! said:I use Gaia GPS on an 8-10" tablet on a Ram mount. Lots more information than the typical Garmin product. It leaves the phone free for other tasks but also allows the phone to be a backup in case the tablet pukes.
Gaia also allows for planning on a desktop and automatically syncs to the tablet and phone without worrying about uploading to another system.
OK, I do have an extra tablet somewhere around the house. Do you know, does it need to have any cell phone service associated with it to use GPS function? Its an old work unit and any service that was once associated with it is now gone.
In reply to Lof8 - Andy :
If you download the area maps to the tablet and the tablet has a GPS receiver, you don't need any cell service or wifi.
I keep the southeastern USA maps on my tablet. If I'm headed farther north or west, I download the appropriate areas to make sure I'm covered.
If your tablet has a SIM card slot it should have a GPS chip because the phone needs it , the phone does not need to be active ,
if it does have a sim it probably does not have a GPS chip
My iPad has a sim and I use it all the time as a GPS.
californiamilleghia said:If your tablet has a SIM card slot it should have a GPS chip because the phone needs it , the phone does not need to be active ,
if it does have a sim it probably does not have a GPS chip
My iPad has a sim and I use it all the time as a GPS.
There's actually no requirement relationship between a SIM slot/cell modem and GPS, devices can have one and not the other no problem - my 7" tablet has a GPS and no SIM, and every (2G+) dumbphone and some early smartphones had a SIM and no GPS.
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