gps???

[charlie brown]

what are you running? i have been playing with the onX offroad.
question i have is can one get onX offroad on a apple play or Android car play? is it blue tooth/cast from our phone?

 

[charlie brown]

like one of these? has a 10" display. https://www.crutchfield.com/p_104BECPA1W/Boss-Audio-BECPA10W.html?tp=72381

• wireless Apple CarPlay compatible
• wireless Android Auto compatible

does this mean that leadnav and or onXoffroad will work on these?

 

[Motiracer38]

I wanted to do this same thing but never found anyone doing it to ask how well it works. 10in display would be nice, holding my home is getting old.

 

[dwphoto]

onx does work on car play ... can confirm as it pops up in my motorhome on the car play apps.

 

[charlie brown]

onx does work on car play ... can confirm as it pops up in my motorhome on the car play apps.

yep. I also checked their web site. I guess i should have just gone to the source. but its fun here.

 

[Midget Nate]

Have you ever used leadnav?

like one of these? has a 10" display. https://www.crutchfield.com/p_104BECPA1W/Boss-Audio-BECPA10W.html?tp=72381

• wireless Apple CarPlay compatible
• wireless Android Auto compatible

does this mean that leadnav and or onXoffroad will work on these?

 

[theycallmeWALLY]

yep. I also checked their web site. I guess i should have just gone to the source. but its fun here.

Agreed... Best to hear it from the people that use it like you plan to.

 

[SteveG]

I've used A LOT of different GPS hardware and software... the good news is, there's lots of options ranging from free to not all that much considering what you're after. Currently, my go-to apps are OnX and Gaia. Both are great. I've used Gaia a ton, so I'm pretty familiar and proficient with it. OnX is really on the gas and adding tons of features. I'm pushing myself to learn it and like a lot of the features. I especially like that it's really geared toward off-road. My easy button is a Garmin Tread Baja... mostly plug-and-play unless you're setting up location sharing which is super overkill (and incredibly expensive) for anything other than racing.
All that said, if you want the absolute best and up to daye USA mapping, you're going to have a hard time beating Lifetime Maps. Their detail is pretty amazing!

 

[_kq_]

I’ve only used onx on my phone, but I did see a guy in a sxs on a ride a while back that was using what looked like an iPad to run onx offline which was cool.

On a side note does anyone have any tips or suggestions on using a Lowrance HDS7? Even the user manual is complicated haha

 

[SteveG]

On a side note does anyone have any tips or suggestions on using a Lowrance HDS7? Even the user manual is complicated haha

My tip is don't. Haha. Lowrance makes great hardware, but they're just not geared toward the recreational user... well, maybe not toward any user on land because in all the years I've spent helping desert racers, I've probably only come across two or three that knew how to use their Lowrance.... If you already own it, watch lots of videos and consider taking a class from Waypoint Nav.

 

[_kq_]

yeah that’s the vibe I’m getting from the couple people I’ve talked to about the lowrance gps’s. I’ll check out some videos and see if that helps.

 

[JACKSONRALLYINC]

Still running a Lowrance BAJA540C, bought new in 2006 I believe. And all these years later I am really only using it as a speedometer and something to leave breadcrumbs so I can find my way back to camp.

Shown is the Subaru

 

[charlie brown]

thanks for all the updated info. tech changes so fast. i am going to get a 10" screen radio with android/apple play for my van and test it out. not sure how good it would hold up in my ranger so the surface pro will be used or a cheaper tablet.

 

[SteveG]

thanks for all the updated info. tech changes so fast. i am going to get a 10" screen radio with android/apple play for my van and test it out. not sure how good it would hold up in my ranger so the surface pro will be used or a cheaper tablet.

Surface Pro is a decent piece of equipment. I do most of my work on a Surface Pro 7 (I’m about due for a new one) and an iPad Pro… can do a boatload of work between the two and they pack super small…. I haven’t used the SP much for navigation other than at my desk, connected to two monitors, but it does a great job at that….

 

[Tomaslav90]

thanks for all the updated info. tech changes so fast. i am going to get a 10" screen radio with android/apple play for my van and test it out. not sure how good it would hold up in my ranger so the surface pro will be used or a cheaper tablet.

A year or two ago, I was looking for something to run Gaia on for route planning and a backup maps. Looked into the sp, and it wasn't able to download offline maps. I ended up getting a tablet instead.

What's great about Gaia and onx though is the syncing feature across devices. I do all my mapping on a computer then load it to the phone, tablet, and Garmin. Android Auto even has Gaia support on head units now.

 

[SteveG]

OnX does the same thing... Lots of good features in apps these days