GPS Why not a smart phone?
I am curious as to why a stand alone GPS still seems to be so popular. What with smart phones and tablets being readily available I would think that the stand alone units would sort of fade away. I me...
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Tom/Barb wrote:
the required data package to use a Phone as a GPS is the problem. the cost of a data package will be expensive.
That's not necessarily true at all. Co-Pilot for instance is memory resident, it will work with the phone (or iPad) in airplane mode even.
scrubjaysnest wrote:Mote wrote:
I run a GPS as the cell phone does not always have a signal.
But I also always look at map to know where I'm going as the GPS doesn't always want to go the best route.
+1
Smart phone doesn't work in finding my favorite fishing spots in the Gulf. Doesn't always work real great for geocaching either.
Can you see a smart phone used in the governments proposed collision avoidance system for aircraft.
I want the government to bring back Loran C; that worked the best off shore.
Again, no signal is required if the GPS database, including your favourite fishing spot, is in the phones memory.
As for aircraft, I use my iPad as my primary navigation and flight planning tool and have for quite a while now.
