Grinder
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I have never had to pay for sat use on garmin and bin using them for 15 20 years. I cant speak for magellin
GPS / Google maps, etc
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X-it
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Magellan is still 30 bucks
http://www.magellangps.com/Store/Satellite-Imagery/Digital-Globe-Satellite-Imagery
http://www.magellangps.com/Store/Satellite-Imagery/Digital-Globe-Satellite-Imagery
Grinder
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Thats sat imagery like google earth. You dont need it. Use the sat for positioning and tracking is free. The topo maps are downloaded to gps or put on an sd card and instaled to gps.
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Download & try WikiLoc before buying a GPS, free free free....
I’ve tried a few apps over the years that weren’t good so kept using a GPS, now with WikiLoc & other apps I’ll never buy another GPS again... Technology is changing rapidly and apps will continue to be significantly improved.
I’ve tried a few apps over the years that weren’t good so kept using a GPS, now with WikiLoc & other apps I’ll never buy another GPS again... Technology is changing rapidly and apps will continue to be significantly improved.
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That is one thing that I did not like about my tablet, it did not store and download to google earth as good as my gps. But I did not use WikiLoc as an app, I was just hoping to download routes from their data base...not many atv ones around pg, I guess that is my fault i a member. Grinder if you find your batteries are not that great, china makes some lithium ion AA rechargeables that make it 12hrs on a charge. As far as that 1000 dollar cell phone, a china tough phone for 100 bucks and a 7-11 sim card... 25 dollars last a year. Who knows you might even chuck your 1000 dollar cell phone after using the 100 dollar one.
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My piece of sh!t memory maps, which does upload my routes to their data base clouds.
So you need to purchase maps after downloading memory maps?
What maps are worth it for topi, and can it be overlayed or get a birds eye view
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This is only for JPR, Nautical and Topo maps but there is a function for google earth to appear side by side I doubt it would work offline. You can buy the dvd then a third party licensing agreement to run the maps or download the memory map app for free then choose to run free maps or pay for some...there are lots of maps for any area. Then when you hit your volume button it brings your maps down from large size whole province to delorme then 1 to 250000 then to 1 to 50000. There is a tab on top that you pull down that can be customized for 50 different options right down from prop speed to eta. If you want satellite positioning for you location on your laptop at home that will require a higher licensing agreement and you will need cell service for this option to work Download app maps about 26 bucks for the whole province in 1-250000 and 1-50000. Dvd I think was 30 or 40 bucks from map town licensing agreement 20 or 30 bucks. This thing is massive, I have mastered 50% of it in 25 years. For some reason it improves the accuracy of google earth 3d offline. You can print any map it is just like the ones your buy for 25 bucks a map and take it will you.
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Android version of the app, it will require downloading the province or canada to work offline. It will be free to use on about 5 different maps. Apple requires a different app. Downloading entire province in 1-50000 will take a long time, not required with DVD. This is not easy to master either method for most people. But once installed and working it is amazing.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memorymap.mm2
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memorymap.mm2
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https://www.maptown.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=etopo+maps&Submit=Search
But really if you go with a dvd I would buy the navigator license it is for 5 devices with printing and will allow your laptop to work offline. A must for the ocean or aircraft. I just know I should not be putting this up here, but what the heck. Once copied onto your laptop then onto a micros sd card and install into your devices. register your devices into memory maps accounts. Once it is in the right directory everything will just work with your app. Apps are not needed on a laptop but a GlobalSat Bu-353 S4 is. Some will love this info some will not ...haha.
This will also be needed for 3d topo maps http://www.etopo.ca/etopo-downloads.html I only advise this for people who really want to see something unbelievable and never thought was possible, take some aspirins before you go down the rabbit hole.
But really if you go with a dvd I would buy the navigator license it is for 5 devices with printing and will allow your laptop to work offline. A must for the ocean or aircraft. I just know I should not be putting this up here, but what the heck. Once copied onto your laptop then onto a micros sd card and install into your devices. register your devices into memory maps accounts. Once it is in the right directory everything will just work with your app. Apps are not needed on a laptop but a GlobalSat Bu-353 S4 is. Some will love this info some will not ...haha.
This will also be needed for 3d topo maps http://www.etopo.ca/etopo-downloads.html I only advise this for people who really want to see something unbelievable and never thought was possible, take some aspirins before you go down the rabbit hole.
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Not quiet yet, those dinky little screens it would be a pain anyway. google earths app is the most real looking 3d of all though if you have a cell phone you can plink it on. You can only have about 30 kilometer square in cache.
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The irony of it all is Garmin bought out Delorme, memory maps has delorme for free or 20US or26 bucks for the higher version. So you would have a Garmin gps with memory maps. Of coarse I would recommend topo 1:50000 over Delorme. Download time for a province with lower speed telus internet. 30 minutes for 1:250000 and 1 hr for 1:50000 so 1.5 hrs for both. That maybe way faster at high speed connections. The disk is 40 bucks and licensing for navigator is 50 US so 65 bucks, navigator with gps and printing to laptop 99 dollars, professional only 125us and professional with all the features for 5 devices 225. I have the 99us one, no professional options which include instrumentation and Satellite link ups. Sorry for rambling on so much, about something no one is going to use.
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I use the MotionX-GPS app on my phone with either Google or Bing Satellite maps (depending on where you are, one map is usually more detailed than the other). Works really well as long as you keep Background App Refresh on and try to download as much of the satellite imagery of where you will be going before you lose cell service! It's pretty much useless without the map data. It's awesome being able to see a topo picture of what the terrain actually looks like around you. I find the GPS is always spot on. We normally have a Garmin backup with us as well just in case!
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I have been trying for a long time to get bing satellite offline maps working with a gps. I have never been able to pull that one off.http://android-apk.net/app/motionx-gps-hd/370488535/ Is this the app???
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I was trying to make it work on my laptop with windows 10. So I guess it is like a Microsoft phone, seems they are way behind of gps navigation. What the hell Bing satellite maps work with..... Apple!!!! Now I have heard it all. This is just plain stupid.
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