Thread: iPad for offroad nav

You could try Motion X GPS.

Originally Posted by Preacher

is there a good app etc for use with ipad for offroad navigation

our club had robbert pepper visit us a couple of years ago and rob was using a series of units then to achieve his nav requirements \

i'm sure things have changed - what can we start looking at these days especially with the ipad scene

thanks for yuour input

dj

Hema now offer an iPad or iPhone app.

Vms have been doing it for a while....have heard good and not so good things about this app, particularly image quality. I asked vms for a money back guarantee but they said no. Decided not to buy based on their reply.

Waiting on response from Hema.

I use motion gpx but detail is not great, but it's super cheap.

Thought I would send this link.
I have one in my D4. Tablets - Apple - iPad-2
Cheers, Craig

Preacher,

In the latest 4X4 Australia Mag there was a piece on the new HEMA app for the Ipad.

As I was reading it last night and thinking about the I pad Imy daughter got for Christmas I took note, something like 1.5 GB download, has all the major HEMA maps and something like $179.

Sounds like a reasonable option.

George

If you have a IPad 2 with 3G they have a AGPS chip on board. This means Assisted GPS, the chip a gps chip, inhances the siginal download from the cellular network towers not from the available satellites, works quite well depending on provider. May have some difficulty if no service available. Always a dedicated GPS is a better option.
Ps IPads with wifi only,use the wifi system to navigate only

Based on reading Tinman's post I did some quick "google research" and it appears that the Wi Fi version of the Ipad (i.e. - non 3G enabled ) does not come with the GPS and as such can not be used for navigation where not signal is available so installing mapping software would be a waste.

Additionally you do not need to be in mobile signal range to use the 3G device for navigation provided you have an app that includes pre-laoded maps, there appear to be a number of options including the HEMA one I mentioned below, VMS, Memory Maps etc.

The above is based on 20 mins of research on the net so I am not in anyway standing by the information as being correct but perhaps someone else can confirm if it is right ?

George

Both the iPad and iPad 2 models with 3G have aGPS, but I'm not sure if they fall back to (unassisted) GPS when out of network range. Given that I've seen one working in what I believe was an area out of range, I suspect that they do.

I just use a cheap Android tablet and run OziExplorer with maps taken from my Hema Navigator.

Cheers,

Gordon

George is correct.

I have an iPad 1 (3g & wifi), and can confirm that you do not need the cellular network to operate the GPS.

I've never had a sim card in mine since I've had it, hence no access to cellular networks. Both GPS programs I've used have worked fine.

The wifi version alone cannot be used as a GPS as it doesn't have the hardware installed.