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Tablet vs gps
On 3/22/2015 9:51 PM, Califbill wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/22/2015 5:52 PM, wrote: lots of folks seem to be moving away from dedicated gps to tablets with apps. Any opinions? You got me curious, so I looked up a chartplotter for an iPad (since I happen to have one). This one is running Navionics. People seem to be impressed with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV9gJ4mo9BE My chart plotter /sonar is much better than running an iPad on the boat. Mounts to the dash, water proof. Has connections to run to a MMSI radio, etc. I think the iPad wifi, no phone does not have a GPS built in. So another connection. The iPad I have has a GPS built in. As the guy in the video explained it will receive the GPS signal and work with Navionics even if you don't have a 3G connection or have it shut off. That's how I understood what he said. I am going to look into it further. Might finally have a use for the iPad. For the boat I'll be interested in the iPad doesn't need to be waterproof. |
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