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[*] posted on 1-26-2019 at 09:52 AM


Ok guys, heres a question outside of Baja use.

So i am planning an 8000 mile adventure this summer, california to maine and back: some in a vintage 88 Range Rover Classic POS, other parts off road on dirt bikes. Michigan (through Canada) to Maine will be part of the 24 hours of Lemons 4 Bangor rally. and along the route i have to video a belly flop in every state or province I drive through for a charity event BTW.
My navigation plan is to put the map stuff on a tablet and my Kyocera android phone. We will be needing to chose roads trails and routes based on the Rally directions, or the trail heads and the proper trails for the bikes.

so in your opinions - should i be looking at GAIA as my go to nav software, or ?

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[*] posted on 1-26-2019 at 10:24 AM


I'm trying Gaia now but have been using OSMAND. The biggest thing is finding one and getting to know it first. I run an old Garmin with E32 maps and my phone because they each offer a different view. Trying to see what Gaia has to offer but so far I'm liking OSM better..
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[*] posted on 1-26-2019 at 11:22 AM


Quote: Originally posted by caj13  
Ok guys, heres a question outside of Baja use.

So i am planning an 8000 mile adventure this summer, california to maine and back: some in a vintage 88 Range Rover Classic POS, other parts off road on dirt bikes. Michigan (through Canada) to Maine will be part of the 24 hours of Lemons 4 Bangor rally. and along the route i have to video a belly flop in every state or province I drive through for a charity event BTW.
My navigation plan is to put the map stuff on a tablet and my Kyocera android phone. We will be needing to chose roads trails and routes based on the Rally directions, or the trail heads and the proper trails for the bikes.

so in your opinions - should i be looking at GAIA as my go to nav software, or ?

thasnks

[Edited on 1-26-2019 by caj13]



One of the cool things about Gaia is you log in to your account online, be it free or paid, and you make your route there on the big screen. Their map is pretty good and you get a bunch of overlays to use as well. If you give them money you get more but just the basics they have are pretty good.

Once you make the route, and that is super easy with the make route tool, you save it to your library and all your other devices are automatically updated. Online on their site is where you find all the public trails you can save to your library too so as you're making your route you could see if there other options in the area.




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[*] posted on 3-21-2019 at 12:58 PM


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[*] posted on 3-21-2019 at 01:23 PM


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Standalone GPS's have gone the way of the dinosaur.


Speaking of which, I just purchased a Lowrance LDS-7 Live -- holes get drilled in my 2019 Tacoma for installation on Wednesday.




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[*] posted on 3-21-2019 at 01:25 PM


Quote: Originally posted by StuckSucks  
Quote: Originally posted by JZ  
Standalone GPS's have gone the way of the dinosaur.


Speaking of which, I just purchased a Lowrance LDS-7 Live -- holes get drilled in my 2019 Tacoma for installation on Wednesday.


What?? Put an iPad or Galaxy Tab up there. Get a nice, big high res screen.




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[*] posted on 3-21-2019 at 01:41 PM


IPAD is what we all fly with now. FOREFLIGHT works everywhere.
I can even super-impose ship traffic on it.
Nerds can fly to Mars and back in a Tesla with an IPAD.




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[*] posted on 3-21-2019 at 06:12 PM


Quote: Originally posted by JZ  
Quote: Originally posted by StuckSucks  
Quote: Originally posted by JZ  
Standalone GPS's have gone the way of the dinosaur.


Speaking of which, I just purchased a Lowrance LDS-7 Live -- holes get drilled in my 2019 Tacoma for installation on Wednesday.


What?? Put an iPad or Galaxy Tab up there. Get a nice, big high res screen.


But isn't a GPS what you add to a high-school truck?




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[*] posted on 3-21-2019 at 08:09 PM


Quote: Originally posted by StuckSucks  
Quote: Originally posted by JZ  
Quote: Originally posted by StuckSucks  
Quote: Originally posted by JZ  
Standalone GPS's have gone the way of the dinosaur.


Speaking of which, I just purchased a Lowrance LDS-7 Live -- holes get drilled in my 2019 Tacoma for installation on Wednesday.


What?? Put an iPad or Galaxy Tab up there. Get a nice, big high res screen.


But isn't a GPS what you add to a high-school truck?


I have observed that teens, and adults that never matured past teenage years, are enamored with shiny gadgets. Some of today’s kids, and adults with arrested development, are addicted to screens.

My last trip to baja I drove 1200 miles without a map or GPS.
Real men know how to do it without flocking directions :lol::P




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