Topic: GPS Units

[SCUBA_Dale]

What GPS devices does everyone use here?   Or what apps for your phones work the best?

[Jayrat]

Garmin Nuvi55

[Celt]

What GPS devices does everyone use here?   Or what apps for your phones work the best?

I still use a map and compass...

[SCUBA_Dale]

Garmin Nuvi55

Do you have off road maps loaded onto it?   Were you using it on TMR?

[Jayrat]

Do you have off road maps loaded onto it?   Were you using it on TMR?

Still running it straight out the box, my computer is to old to update it, LOL but it worked on TMR

[JeffBett]

I have a 7 inch tablet mounted with Back Country Navigator running, works great.

[steve c]

If you've got a big fat wad of cash burning a hole in your pocket, the Magellan TRX7 is awesome.

Click the pic to see the product video on YouTube

[JFanaselle]

I have a 7 inch tablet mounted with Back Country Navigator running, works great.

I run this setup as well. Love it.

[fourxfunk]

What kind of tablet and mounting setup are you guys using?

[JeffBett]

I bought a cheap refurb ASUS tablet from Woot for $79.  The key with cheaper tablets is to make sure it has a GPS chip, many don't.  I also made sure the resolution of the screen was good enough, mine is 1280x800.  You'll also want to make sure it has a microSD slot for expanded memory.  You have to manage maps with Back Country Navigator (BCN) as well.  A friend of mine already had much of the areas I ever go to (Mojave Preserve into Nevada) downloaded and they added up to ~25 GB.

I added a piece of wood to the tray above the radio and screwed some plexi to it so a suction mount will work there.  This is the mount I bought for $10, it looked like it was flexible enough and it has worked well even on extreme rocky roads. 

http://www.amazon.com/Rotatable-Adjustable-Windshield-Dashboard-Universal/dp/B00CE3VO4M?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00

 I'll take a picture tonight.

[JFanaselle]

I'm running an Asus Nexus 7 tablet, I think I paid about $150 for it. I bought a cheap mounting bracket that is made just for it from ebay and re-worked it using some parts I had lying around to mount it to the dash right about where the passenger airbag light is.

[Celt]

I'm running an Asus Nexus 7 tablet, I think I paid about $150 for it. I bought a cheap mounting bracket that is made just for it from ebay and re-worked it using some parts I had lying around to mount it to the dash right about where the passenger airbag light is.

 An Assus what? What the heck is this site coming to?

[Ghost65]

I use a DeLorme PN-60 with TOPO Maps 10 loaded...but my GPS use is, well....focused. 

[knightrider]

An Assus what? What the heck is this site coming to?

As this thread has to do with modern(25 yrs old) technology, I wouldn't expect you to understand any of this.

[Celt]

As this thread has to do with modern(25 yrs old) technology, I wouldn't expect you to understand any of this.

  True, but I can still intersection and resection the heck outta my location on a map. One of these days if one of you techie types can sit down with me and show me how this all really works I might jump on the band wagon. It just seems like everything costs a heck of a lot of money then you have to spend more money to store more electronic maps. My issue is I never know where I will be travelling to so it's just easier for me 9 times out of 10 to get a paper map.