[Rhodes22-list] GPS Choice

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Art,
How much moisture will the iPad tolerate? I'm not so sure it is suitable  
for a marine environment????????
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 2/3/2012 9:03:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cover-man at comcast.net writes:

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
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Please consider the environment before printing this  email.
>>> 
>>> -----Original  Message-----
>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org  [mailto:
>>> rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of  Geoff Farrell
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:33  AM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>> Subject: Re:  [Rhodes22-list] GPS Choice
>>> 
>>> 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,

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