maps etc for beginners

Hi Andrew

If you have an ipad with cellular capability you can use the Memory Map app which is free and comes with a basic Topo map which will let the co-driver keep tabs on you. Does not need internet connection once loaded.

Cheers

Short answer is you need an android pad running ozi explorer to be able to interchange the maps from one to another.
Long answer is you need an android pad running ozI explorer to share the maps between the 2 devices.
Bout as simple as I can put it

Not all ipads have the gps chip so make sure your wife's does before you start. The gps chip is part of the 3g chip which gives rise to the false idea you need 3g coverage for the gps to work, you don't. Also, there are several ipad apps that will read Ozi Explorer map files, so no need to buy a new tablet. I recommend Memory Map as unlike Ozi Explorer, the application is almost free, it works on ipad, iphone, android and pc. You pay once for a quality set of maps that work on all those devices, so no drama when you have to upgrade your gear.

Andrew why don't you just let your wife sit in the front seat with you and she can look at your navigator :)

For simplicity the free map that comes with Memory Maps is a good map and would probably do the job you are looking for

Don't know what's the best Andrew, but I've been using the Hema app on with iPad.

Works well anywhere, and has a good selection of maps. The GPS works okay too. Would really need a mount for it in a vehicle, as it is a bit tiresome to hold it all the time. Or like my Co-pilot, when she's not checking where we are, or what speed I'm doing, she's on Facebook, or playing bloody games. :-)

Bob

Herein lies the great conundrum for those of us who got totally spoiled by starting with a laptop running OziExplorer, connected to a GPS, in the car. Nothing else comes close for utility and flexibility albeit with an absolute spaghetti junction of wires everywhere and a great heavy laptop that weighs a ton sitting on your (wife's) lap.

None of the iPad apps do the business without driving you nuts because they won't do really simple basic things that OziExplorer does really easily on a PC. All the money I've wasted on iPad apps trying to do the same thing could have bought several computers now I reckon, so good luck with your deliberations.

That said, if all your wife wants to know is where you are going, Memory Maps or MudMaps may well suit her, but I always find that the precise map section you need has mysteriously deleted itself just as you get out of the range of the Internet to be able to download it again. I guess this is because Apple has some magical method of deleting the file you need just before you need it, whilst retaining millions of others you will never need. It takes rare genius.