IPad with app vs dedicated GPS nav device

[Onyrlef]

Aha, irrelevant to you perhaps...

While I get what you're saying, to me the more info the better. My Copilot is using a GPS capable tablet and I'm looking at the Garmin. She and Google says the next turn is 9 miles out while the Garmin says its 2 miles. Quick check reveals, as you mentioned, the Garmin is seeing something it considers as a note worthy point in the route, while Google is ignoring it. Works for me once you get used to it.

Not sure if that's a ringing endorsement for Garmin. I could just pull off and get a shot of the noon sun, as long as I can tell what the exact time at the Royal Observatory is, thanks to a good chronometer, I can fix my longitude and it's all good. Who needs a Garmin anyway?

 

[magothy1]

Thanks for all the help. I’ve used the iPhone on some trips, but when I’m alone the doggone screen is just too small to mess with in city traffic. I took a lovely Saturday night tour thru downtown Birmingham, Alabama because I was in the wrong lane.

I was a shrimper in South Carolina for 40+ years, the early loran plotters were good, but the newer software running GPS on a laptop was the Ritz. A bigger screen is nice.

I’ll read and re-read all this and study some more. Thanks again.

 

[Probe1957]

Thanks for all the help. I’ve used the iPhone on some trips, but when I’m alone the doggone screen is just too small to mess with in city traffic. I took a lovely Saturday night tour thru downtown Birmingham, Alabama because I was in the wrong lane.

I was a shrimper in South Carolina for 40+ years, the early loran plotters were good, but the newer software running GPS on a laptop was the Ritz. A bigger screen is nice.

I’ll read and re-read all this and study some more. Thanks again.

I don't know anything about Birmingham, Alabama but the same thing happened to me once in St Louis. Believe me, you don't want to just be randomly cruising through St Louis.