You can get any Bluetooth GPS for it, or one that connects directly to your iPad. Check out the Bad-Elf GPS for about $100 or less.I got a iPad from work and was all set to purchase software for it and then realized I had to have the cell version to have GPS. Back to my old tablet
Yeah best and easiest if you wire it directly into the boats 12 V system. Wi-Fi-only iPads don’t have GPS because the GPS hardware that they use is built into the cellular radio chipset.You can get any Bluetooth GPS for it, or one that connects directly to your iPad. Check out the Bad-Elf GPS for about $100 or less.
What do you mean by hardwiring?Yeah best and easiest if you wire it directly into the boats 12 V system. Wi-Fi-only iPads don’t have GPS because the GPS hardware that they use is built into the cellular radio chipset.
We have a Garmin Blue charts app on an ipad and have used it for a few years. It's good and clear nav software.Looking for suggestions on software for an Ipad to be used in Northeast currently and possibly on the intracoastal to Florida in the future.
Also for any waterproof cases you use with an Ipad
Thanks for any info
The vast majority of these devices are battery powered, but can also be wired into your boat’s 12 V system with a little ingenuity. That saves you from having to remember to charge the battery all the time.What do you mean by hardwiring?
Tom, I think you should have mentioned the Garmin Blue Chart app isn't supported or available anymore, so other people don't bother looking for it. IMHO, even in its day it wasn't a complete navigation solution. Now that Navionics has adopted Active Captain (and Garmin who now owns Active Captain has changed the sync methods) you can't even update the AC in Blue Chart. Time to move on, IMHO.We have a Garmin Blue charts app on an ipad and have used it for a few years. It's good and clear nav software.
I'd probably install Navionics today as I find it a bit more useful (have it on iphones).
Have not put a cover on the ipad and don't find it difficult to protect from the elements with our use. The ipad is just one of several chart plotters onboard.
I believe he was referring to hardwiring a GPS puck into the boat's 12v electrical system so you don't have to change batteries occasionally - not the iPad.What do you mean by hardwiring?