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Re: iPad in the cockpit (On Board NEXRAD in the
air)
This iPad conversation is driving me nuts. I love it, want
one and plan to get one. But when will they have on board
NEXRAD weather? I have an XM receiver with AnyWhere map
linked via Blue Tooth, but apparently the iPad does not work Blue
Tooth the same way, and no Apps have emerged for weather in the
cockpit.
I am not talking about 3G/WiFi on the ground weather, but in the
air flying, far from any cell tower.
Anyone know about this? As soon as it comes, I'm buying
one.
Jeff L
From blog.foreflight.com
ForeFlight is announcing support for two
external GPS receivers for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch.
Wešve collected a great deal of data
about how the iPad and iPhone built-in GPS receivers work in the
cockpit, and quickly came to the conclusion that an external GPS
receiver option is sorely needed for these devices. With those
needs in mind, we tested a variety of options over the last few months
and finally found two hardware solutions that are up to the task of
keeping oriented in the flight environment.
The first supported device is the Bad Elf GPS Receiver for iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad
(66-channel, SBAS/WAAS, 10Hz) . This small, directly attached GPS receiver avoids the
need for charging a separate device while providing high quality GPS
fixes for ForeFlight Mobile HD. The BadElf GPS requires zero
setup just plug it into your iPad or iPhone and you have an
upgraded GPS signal. More information is available on
the Bad Elf web
site.
Bad Elf GPS Receiver for iPad and
iPhone
The second is the GNS 5870 MFI Bluetooth GPS Made for iPhone/iPad/iTouch . This battery-powered device provides wireless GPS
signals to the iPad and iPhone. There is some initial setup
required to connect the MFI over Bluetooth, but it doesnšt drain any
battery life from your iPad or iPhone. More information is
available on the GNS web
site.
GNS 5870 MFI Bluetooth GPS Made for
iPhone/iPad/iTouch
In our flight testing, both devices were
able to maintain a fix with even very weak GPS signal
strength.
Pilots flying with ForeFlight can benefit
from either device. For iPad WIFI+3G owners, these devices can
replace the built-in GPS receiver for significantly better reliability
and more consistent accuracy values. For customers with devices
lacking an internal GPS receiver, like the iPad WiFi-only model, these
devices allow in-flight GPS positioning that isnšt otherwise
possible. These devices are authorized by Apple and require no
special modifications to iPad or iPhone hardware.
Many of our customer know that we
believed the GPS receiver in the iPad was not up to certain tasks and
thus we intentionally avoided building in features that would lead
pilots to believe otherwise. For example, showing GPS location on an
approach plate without higher-quality GPS hardware was a bad idea, in
our opinion too many customers reported intermittent loss of GPS
signal from the iPad or iPhone. With the availability of this newer
hardware, however, we intend to open access to features that can
benefit from this enhanced hardware. Stay tuned.
NOTE to access GPS, go to settings, make
sure airplane mode is off and location is on.
Sent from my iPad
On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:20 PM, H & J
Johnson <hjjohnson@sasktel.net>
wrote:
Bob Are you positive that your unit has a
built in GPS? I just upgrade my iPad from the standard wi-fi to the 3G
+ wi-fi and was wanting the unit w/ a GPS but was told that infact
they do-not come w/ a GPS. There are 'GPS emulators' that make it work
like a GPS but it isn't infact and gps. I can't get any 'gps'
functions to work on my w/out the 3G operating.
Snip....
Jarrett Johnson
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