[Rhodes22-list] GPS Choice

[Cover-Man]

iPad is an excellent gps platform.  It is also the best choice for movies, music, and on and on.  A recent cnet article reported that most users do not access 70% of their downloaded apps - in my case very true, although the other 30% are really valuable.

Art

Have a nice day!

On Feb 2, 2012, at 8:09 PM, Bob Keller <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> My brother-in-law (who sails a J109 out of Annapolis) uses his Ipad and it is pretty good, but only as a secondary unit.  One problem is that you can't integrate it with you autopilot and other instruments.  That's why I prefer the GPSMap 478.BK
>> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:29:55 -0600
>> From: geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] GPS Choice
>> 
>> Thanks, great article. I second their opinion on INavX. I use it on my Ipod
>> Touch. I really want an Ipad but they are so darn expensive. I'd have to
>> cut in to my liquor budget to afford it and I'm not willing to do that.
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Chris Cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> Practical Sailor has a good review of ipad options.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.practical-sailor.com/issues/37_14/features/ipad_nav_apps_10715-1.html
>>> 
>>> Christopher P. Cowie
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> Is anybody using an Ipad for navigation?
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Bob Keller <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I tend to agree.  I use a Garmin GPSMap 478 because it is a portable (not
>>>> handheld) chartplotter that has all the maps for NA.  Portable works for
>>> me
>>>> because I use it on both my powerboat and R-22.  But as a chartplotter,