GPS CAPABILITY ON MY IPAD

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Saltydog1950 Author

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GPS CAPABILITY ON MY IPAD

I need to have gps capability on my iPad to use marine navigation charts. How do I achieve this?

Posted on Feb 22, 2021 6:30 PM

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Michael Black

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Feb 22, 2021 7:15 PM in response to Saltydog1950

Is your iPad a WiFi + cellular model? If so, it already has a built in aGPS chipset.

If it is a WiFi only iPad, you will need an external GPS antennae to use with it. Bad Elf makes such devices for iPads. There may be others too, but Bad Elf is the only one I know.

https://bad-elf.com/

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Feb 23, 2021 1:52 AM in response to Saltydog1950

If your iPad has a physical SIM slot, then you have a WiFi+Cellular model of iPad - that includes aGPS functions.

Although GPS is integral to the Cellular chipset, its functioning is completely independent of Cellular.

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Saltydog1950 Author

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Feb 22, 2021 8:07 PM in response to Michael Black

Thank you Michael,

my iPad has a SIM card does this mean it is cellular capable?

there is no. Indication in the settings that it has cellular.

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