Almost all Android devices have a GPS receiver, although I haven't checked the Microcenter tablet you refer to.
I have used OsmAnd on Android (uses OSM data among other sources) in the past when I wanted to get features that Google Maps does not provide (easy and controllable offline caching, and real topographic maps, for example). I found it to be quite adequate for off-road GPS use, but only marginally acceptable at on-road routing (turn-by-turn navigation). If your use case is mapping/surveying or offline navigation, I think it's definitely worth checking out. If you want a replacement for a turn-by-turn navigation system, you might not be happy with the results. Jon On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Bill Bogstad <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been thinking about the convergence of android > tablets/smartphones and the openstreet map project. There appear to > be a few apps for Android which make use of data from the openstreet > map project. I'm wondering if anybody has tried these out on their > Android tablet/smartphone. > > In pursuit of this, I'm in the market for a cheap android tablet in > the 5-7" screen size with builtin GPS receiver to use as a dedicated > device for mapping Probably any CPU/ram would do, but I would like a > lot of flash (at least 8Gbytes) and/or an SD/microSD slot. The > recent posting about the cheap tablet at Microscenter was interesting, > but it didn't seem like it included a GPS receiver. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Bill Bogstad > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking >
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