Saturday, Dec 03, 2011 at 21:21
That's a deliciously elegant setup Brett.
Not like my current thing with a Garmin eTrex on the dash, a laptop on the back
seat and a touch screen mounted on a floor mount where your iPad is and 3 12V power leads (requiring 2 cup holder 12V double adaptors) and about 8 wires connecting it all together. And every so often when you hit a big bump a wire will fall out & everything stops. I'm exhausted just describing it! But it has got us to some fantastic destinations over the years.
However it does occur to me that I am never likely to be anywhere with my iPad without my iPhone which has a personal hotspot which apparently also gets the GPS signal to the iPad! See these links
Wi-Fi iPad 2 Gets GPS With iPhone 4 Connection Sharing and
Will iPhones Personal Hotspot Make the 3G iPad Irrelevant?. All with no wires apparently (other than those needed to charge the batteries). Hopefully.
So now, it looks like I await the visit of the fat jolly chap in red & white in 22 more sleeps to see what I can & can't actually do.
Interested in your apps though as I was thinking along the lines of VMS, which I note is available for $50 off for the next week or 2 @ $149. But free sounds good, especially if it gives me maps like the ones in your pics.
Keep you posted & thanks very much. ExplorOz to the rescue again.
Paul, Kalgoorlie
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