I love MS S&T, but I'd really like to find an android app for my tablet that has similar functionality. The tablet is much easier to manage in the vehicle.The app would need a built-in database and not rely on internet access but take advantage of it when available. Or at least allow me to plan then download the trip with relevant POI's, etc along the route.Oh well. Just dreaming.

You and me both but I don't think it exists. And before all sorts jump in and suggest various route mapping options - that is NOT all that S&T used to do. One of S&T nicest features is the ability to automagically insert stops at the end of the day, thereby allowing you to search for campgrounds in that area. There are many other options of course.That feature and other reasons are making me consider that my next tablet should be a Microsoft Surface.

I'd love to have Delorme app for Android, but that isn't happening any time soon and the win8 and related tablets are...expensive and woefully under powered.In the meantime, I use Copilot for android. Offline poi, maps, route editing and storage, etc.Not near thensame quality as Delorme, but it doesn't rely on intErnet or cell access and runs on my phone and 10" tablet, which is REALLY nice.

Copilot Premium for Android is $10 - lately on sale for $7.99 at the Play Store. It is one of the few GPS apps that you can download all maps right onto your phone or tablet and use the nav with no data service. The Premium has all of the features of a dash GPS PLUS it has RV routing for height and propane. There is also a free version but the free version does not speak street names or reroute automatically if you go off route - the premium version does. You can create a route with multiple stops.

Google maps works on the Droid, with a bit of work Ive managed to do a route or two that way though usually I use it only for "Short" trips.There are now mapping programs for use with both IOS and Droid devices, I can not review them since I do not use them.. Just Google Maps and S&T on the laptop. Like S&T better, but that has more to do with the size of the screen than the quality of the software.

1775 wrote:Copilot Premium for Android is $10 - lately on sale for $7.99 at the Play Store. It is one of the few GPS apps that you can download all maps right onto your phone or tablet and use the nav with no data service. The Premium has all of the features of a dash GPS PLUS it has RV routing for height and propane. There is also a free version but the free version does not speak street names or reroute automatically if you go off route - the premium version does. You can create a route with multiple stops.X2 on CoPilot Premium... I've just finished loading in the same POI files that I have on our Garmin GPS (after converting them to .ov2 format), so the phone can serve as a backup or even primary GPS as needed.

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deandec
Explorer
May 30, 2015
Have used Sygic for over four years on 4 different android devices.

Sygic.com

One license fee paid four years ago.

Currently on two phones and one tablet.

Updates are free and frequent.

I store only 4 local state maps on devices.

Can add and delete states/provinces at any time.

No broadband data required for navigation.

Based on Tom-Tom mapping.
Tom_M1
Explorer
May 30, 2015
Windows tablets with built in GPS are a bit scarce. I did locate an 8" Asus VivoTab which has GPS at the Microsoft Store for $149.
Asus VivoTab at Microsoft Store

Be aware that programs such as Streets & Trips can not use the built in GPS without additional software such as Centrafuse Localizer or GPS Reverse. This software generates a virtual comport which makes the GPS appear as an external device.

Last fall I purchased a Winbook TW100 tablet with 10" screen which is a Microcenter store brand. It is presently selling for $149.99 in their store. It does not have a built in GPS but it does have a standard sized USB 3 port which allows me to plug in my Garmin eTrex GPS. I am running Streets & Trips and can also play out music and listen to audio books. Everything works great.

Winbook TW100
strollin
Explorer
May 30, 2015
According to this review by PC Magazine, the Tab 4 8.0 WiFi model has built-in GPS: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2458405,00.asp

Here's an excerpt from the review: This is a Wi-Fi only tablet that connects to 802.11b/g/n networks on the 2.4 and 5GHz bands. GPS and Bluetooth 4.0 LE are both onboard, and I had no issue pairing the Tab 4 with a Bluetooth speaker.

Did you want the cellular model? I think the guy at Best Buy might be wrong.
Pat_Anderson
Explorer
May 29, 2015
OK, I just returned from Best Buy, where I bought an unactivated Samsung Tab4 for the Verizon network. The Samsung specialist there was clear that if a Tab4 is not compatible with a cell network like Verizon, Sprint, AT&T or whatever, it does NOT have real GPS in it and is WiFi only, which is of no use to me on the boat or in the boonies where there is no WiFi. It has an 8" screen and 16 GB drive, and I will install a MicroSD card soon. After it is fully charged, the first app I intend to install is CoPilot, then probably the Good Sam/Woodall app. Any other Android apps that are "must have" for RVers?
strollin
Explorer
May 29, 2015
I don't have any experience with a Galaxy Tab 4 and CoPilot but I have used CoPilot on a Galaxy Tab 2.0 7 and it worked fine there. I don't have any reason to believe that it wouldn't work great on a Tab 4.
Pat_Anderson
Explorer
May 29, 2015
I have an old original iPad with a real GPS, runs an old version of Navionics for my boat great, but is so out of date that the iOS cannot be updated and will not install anything current like CoPilot. I am thinking of getting a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 to run both CoPilot and Navionics, all the reviews say the Galaxy tablets have real GPS. I need offline maps and real GPS. Does anybody have any experience with CoPilot on a Samsung Tab 4? Advice?
DiskDoctr
Explorer
Jul 18, 2014
Wish list:

Portable 7" plus tablet shape/weight.
Runs Delorme Topo (windows 8.x?)
Touchscreen with/without stylus
Wireless Keyboard + Mouse capable
Integrated GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth
Expandable storage (SD cards to store programs and data)
Bootable to SD Card (Can boot to an optimized 'GPS bundle' partition)
6-10 hrs battery life, several days in standby/off
Linux capable is a plus
No interest in 3D graphic games

I might settle for smaller screen and capabilities to get integrated GPS and use as a companion to desktop version of Topo.

We have an old EeePC clamshell (notebook) with touchscreen that would be perfect, but it is only WinXP and won't run later versions of Delorme.

Clamshell format would be secondary choice if features and price were right.

Anyone find something like the above?

(Posted from camper in the woods)
wintersun
Explorer II
Jul 15, 2014
I want to avoid Windows as the operating system on my computers whenever possible as it is a CPU hog and easily hacked. I tried the latest Android Nexus for a week but it has an even worse user interface than Windows 8. Went to the Apple iPad Mini and it is fantastic.

On paper the other OS and computers look better but in actual use the Apple operating systems and computers put the rest to shame.
AllegroD
Nomad
Jul 15, 2014
kgarrett9999 wrote:
Kiwi_too wrote:
kgarrett9999 wrote:
Tom_M wrote:
A quick search of Amazon found this:
Dell Venue 8 Pro 32 GB Tablet (Windows 8.1) for $199.

That looks interesting and very decent price. Will it run Streets & Trips?

Note: Street & Trips will no longer be produced by MS.

I already own multiple copies of Streets & Trips.

So do I but wanted all to know that this is not a long term solution as S&T will become dated, unsupported and may not work well on future OS (like Win 10 or 11 or 12).

Near term, I will keep using mine.
Tom_M1
Explorer
Jul 15, 2014
kgarrett9999 wrote:
Tom_M wrote:
A quick search of Amazon found this:
Dell Venue 8 Pro 32 GB Tablet (Windows 8.1) for $199.

That looks interesting and very decent price. Will it run Streets & Trips?
The Dell Venue tablet uses an Intel Atom processor running Windows 8.1. I have an Acer netbook that uses an Atom processor using Win7 and it runs Streets and Trips fine. A Streets and Trips install takes up about 1.2GB of storage. So the Dell Venue should run Streets just fine.