olram30
Not That Kind of Engineer
You can add "waypoints" to remember a spot you have planned at the trail head. You can also record your tracks.
JEEP TRAIL OFFROAD GPS: What GPS is everyone running?
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You can add "waypoints" to remember a spot you have planned at the trail head. You can also record your tracks.
Wardell
New member
If you have a track and / or waypoints saved as a .kml or .kmz file, most good GPS apps will let you open and display that data on top of the map. It's really handy, especially if the trail isn't marked on the map. I've done it in both apps I've used. If you check the Youtube channels of Backcountry Navigator or GPS Essentials, they will show you how to do it.
Mind you, if I were to recommend one over the other, I'd say use Backcountry Navigator mainly because (like olram30 mentioned) there are more map sources available from within the program that are useful, and it's much easier to cache them for offline use from within the app. You basically choose the map source you want, select the area you want to cache, and hit save.
With GPS Essentials, the only map sources within the app I found useful was Google satellite and topo views, but they couldn't be cached and you can only use them when you have a signal. The only really useful way to add maps to it was to use Google Earth, paste in a high res map image (basically a digital copy of what a good map store would print out for you) align the corners of the image to their correct coordinates, save that as a .kml or .kmz, transfer it to the phone, and open it in the app. It's good if you have a very specific map you want to use (I used it for range and training area maps at work), but it's a lot of extra work just for the topo. That's why I ended up switching to Backcountry Navigator.
Petthefish
New member
I have been using Avenza PDF Maps its free and has topo maps for free. Download the maps for the area you are going to and it works without cell service.
BLCK4X4
New member
Onboard GPS??
Hey guys, yes I have a stock nav in my jk but I've seen over and over again that guys were sticking GPS units in their rigs for Offroad trails that you wouldn't get on your regular nav. Any preference? Looking into getting on instead of having 30 different maps lol...
Hey guys, yes I have a stock nav in my jk but I've seen over and over again that guys were sticking GPS units in their rigs for Offroad trails that you wouldn't get on your regular nav. Any preference? Looking into getting on instead of having 30 different maps lol...
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
Lowrance. Or Gaia on an iPad.
BLCK4X4
New member
How would an iPad work with no service?
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
Gaia app. You don't need service. Check it out.
Crystaliner
Doesn't know shit about wheeling
That's what I've been looking for....Thanks Overlander!!!!
Goldeneagle1LC
Member
In aviation we have a couple of GPS units that will connect with the iPad. One was the Bad Elf. I don't know if they are still around or not. If so it would probably fix the no cell service issue.
Edit: they are still around
http://bad-elf.com/collections
Edit: they are still around
http://bad-elf.com/collections
koasta11
New member
This is what I have been lookin at putting in mine
http://www.insanejeepaudio.com/
Insane Audio part # JK1001
http://www.insanejeepaudio.com/
Insane Audio part # JK1001
Goldeneagle1LC
Member
Yeah I use mine for foreflight too. They have a road map section too. Gotta upgrade to the stratus ADSB one of these days though.
nmwranglerx
Caught the Bug
I use Gaia with iPad mini and I'm pretty happy with it. You can download maps beforehand so if you don't have cell service, you'll still see where you're at. My iPad does have cell capabilities but I just use it for the GPS component
RebelconJk
New member
Backcountry GPS who's got em? What do you have?
My wife and i started looking at some backcountry GPS's, just wanted to know what you guys/ gals are using? Thanks!
My wife and i started looking at some backcountry GPS's, just wanted to know what you guys/ gals are using? Thanks!
WJCO
Meme King
I have the Garmin Etrex20 for backpacking. It's not one you can mount in the vehicle like an in-dash, but I use it on the Jeep trails in my hand when I need to. What I like about it is that you can download satellite images to it and it's a good priced unit. The only thing I don't like is that the screen is really small.
