I was aware of that and planning on getting the one with built in GPS/cellular service. However, your comment brought up another point I HADN'T thought of. Will I be able to use the GPS feature on a platform such as GAIA without having a monthly contract with a cell phone. I don't think I...
Thanks for the additional info M rose. This thread has taught me a lot. at this time my plan is to get a Ipad mini with internal GPS and have paper maps as back up. Long term as money allows I would like to get a garmin mini inreach but for now it will be the ipad mini. Thank you all for a good...
Thank you again Ubiety, for your ongoing communication and clarification. I don't know that too many others gets caught up in these kind of details. but if I am going to spend several hundred dollars I want to do some research and try to make informed purchases. For me, this has been most helpful.
FYI: I posted almost the exact same question on a FB page and a gentleman brought up a good point. He said most phones don't connect directly with the satellites but instead get their GPS information from cell towers. Any truth to this? I would assume they connect directly with satellites.
Thank you "Ubiety". that was super helpful. Exactly the info I was looking for. I wondered about the GPS signal and it being world wide. What you said supported my suspicions. I have a I-pad without a GPS and it is cheaper to buy a GPS receiver and connect it to the ipad rather than buy a new...
thank you for your response. I wasn't sugesting the tablet get its GPS info from the phone. The phone has its own internal GPS and I know gaia maps app can run on the iphone using the internal GPS info gathered on the phone itself. My primary question is; does a separate/ dedicated GPS receiver...
I have seen several examples where people are getting a GPS unit like a XGP 1600 skypro and linking it via blue tooth to a tablet for navigation with an app like gaia. Great, looks awesome! However, my question is; is this gps receiver going to receive a signal where my phone won't? I have not...
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