We use an old 32 GB iPad2 (2011 or 2012) running iOS 9.3.5. It has no internal GPS or cellular.
Installed iNavX and connect via bluetooth to an external GPS (DUAL xgps150a). Load up all the raster charts we need at home via WiFi for free. With all the charts for New England to Canadian border loaded, we still have 21 GB available. Pros: - Cheap: iNavX is about $40; DUAL gps about $85; charts are free (except Canada). - Full-color raster charts. - Versatile: multiple uses for iPad; email, web, clock, count-down timing, notes, equipment manuals, for example. - Apparently will tie-in to AIS (we haven't tried that). Cons: - Bluetooth draws down the iPad battery; you want a connection to ship's power to run all day. - Not waterproof: ours lives on the nav table or swings into the companionway on a bracket. (The DUAL can see all the satellites through the cabin top.) - Screen can be hard to see in bright daylight. - Can't use vector charts. Net: A nice reliable system. Adrian Humphreys Epilogue - C&C 33-2 Rockport, Maine > On Jan 14, 2019, at 7:50 PM, T power via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > I would like to use an ipad mini 2 with the navionics app to plan and use for > nav purposes on my boat, this will back up my chart plotter and paper charts. > > I read that to use the Navionics app on the water to purchase an ipad that > has cellular capability. > > So I'm looking at Best buy and see ipads with 4G AT&T, Verizon, etc... > > So my Question is; Does it matter what provider is noted because I'm only > using the cellular for the Navionics app? > > Thanks for any help. > > Cheers, > > Tom > > Tom Power > Invictus > C&C 30 MK1 > Fredericton, NB > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
