Originally Posted by
spinnaker
I recently started carrying a tablet on tour. As others have stated the tablet really is not piratical for turn by turn navigation. So what I do is to tuck it in my handlebar bag. I use it at night for getting on line and to plan the route for the next day. Should I come across a road that looks interesting, I will pull it out and check out the route. It also comes in handy for looking for places to eat or places to stay along the way.
This is my take on it. I quite often carry a tablet even on my day long rambles. For backup mapping on the tablet and my android based phones I use
MapFactor Navigator with the free download maps. Works well enough for me, a lot lighter and smaller than the DeLorme Atlases I used to haul along.
FWIW I also use an app called
FoxFi that will allow me to leverage a cellular connection as a WiFi hotspot for the tablet if I need too, usually just wait until I find wifi along the route though.
Aaron
