Tablets and Antares

[dylanwinter]

I have bought stuff from here in the past

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/

they do a good range of refurbished tablets

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/c/633/10-Tablets/

is there anything on the above page that would work well with the Antares charts

http://www.antarescharts.co.uk/

having given Luing a good clonk it is time I invested a few paypal taps in knowing exactly where I am

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[ctva]

Check in the android store or where ever you get android apps and see what the minimum spec required is for Antares / Memory Map, that will tell you what you need. Or just buy an iPad..... You know you want to.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I just use the TIF versions and browse them as images. Works on anything.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Why not buy one of these :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351698355649?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Has proper inbuilt GPS. Runs Marine Navigator with VMH charts, no problem.

 

[alan_d]

I just use the TIF versions and browse them as images. Works on anything.

But that won't show you where you are ....

I don't think either Antares or Memory-Map are particularly demanding, but you will lose a lot of functionality if your tablet doesn't have an inbuilt GPS reciever.

 

[coaster63]

Hi simple solution
Tesco Hudl (ebay now) Memory-Map (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151958881098?) 2015 version £20
add Antares charts (brilliant west coast hidey holes) sorted !

 

[dylanwinter]

Hi simple solution
Tesco Hudl (ebay now) Memory-Map (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151958881098?) 2015 version £20
add Antares charts (brilliant west coast hidey holes) sorted !

I like this suggestion best

any gainsayers?

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[dylanwinter]

Why not buy one of these :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351698355649?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Has proper inbuilt GPS. Runs Marine Navigator with VMH charts, no problem.

I also like this idea

any gainsayers?

 

[JumbleDuck]

But that won't show you where you are ...

That's why I have eyes. I do have MXMariner on the tablet (haven't managed to convert the Antares Charts yet) but I never bother with the GPS side of things. At the Antares scale I don't really see the need.

 

[Trop Cher]

I also like this idea


any gainsayers?

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As someone has said just make sure the tablet has a gps function. I use antares with memory map on the boat and at home You won't regret the modest investment

 

[ex-Gladys]

I recently bought an "emergency" Alcatel Android Tablet from Amazon with Android 5 on it, and was disgusted that despite there being an SD card slot, I couldn't change the default save location to the Card... It went back.... Caveat Emptor with Android 5 up

 

[roblpm]

Well obvious things are that the lenovo in the link has a 10" screen vs the 7" i think on the hudl.

The first hudl was a bit slow. So make sure its a hudl 2.

You will probably smash the screen after a while so it may not matter.....

 

[dylanwinter]

Well obvious things are that the lenovo in the link has a 10" screen vs the 7" i think on the hudl.

The first hudl was a bit slow. So make sure its a hudl 2.

You will probably smash the screen after a while so it may not matter.....

more liklely to drown it in the puddle that forms when it rains in the front of the cockpit seats

 

[Quandary]

I just use the TIF versions and browse them as images. Works on anything.

You have a rather obtuse attitude to some things JD, BB goes to great trouble using GPS to ensure his charting is accurate so that unlike older charts your position cursor is exactly where you are but you just use them as pictures? Seems a waste of a prime facility.

 

[JumbleDuck]

You have a rather obtuse attitude to some things JD, BB goes to great trouble using GPS to ensure his charting is accurate so that unlike older charts your position cursor is exactly where you are but you just use them as pictures? Seems a waste of a prime facility.

It works for me, probably because I almost always use paper charts. I have never felt the lack of a GPS-driven cursor on the CCC sailing direction chartlets to be a major problem.

People who use plotters or plotter software will doubtless do things differently, which is fine.

 

[dylanwinter]

ordered one of these this morning

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351698355...T&clk_rvr_id=1049649641181&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

I will write a blog or two about it

I will install the visit my harbour charts

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[PaulRainbow]

ordered one of these this morning

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351698355...T&clk_rvr_id=1049649641181&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

I will write a blog or two about it

I will install the visit my harbour charts

D

If you are buying VMH charts Dylan, i'd buy the unified charts. You can put them on two android devices (don't be tempted to waste one on your phone, keep it in case you drop the tablet in the drink) and a Laptop if you have one.

 

[Storyline]

ordered one of these this morning

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351698355...T&clk_rvr_id=1049649641181&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

I will write a blog or two about it

I will install the visit my harbour charts

D

Make sure you put a launcher such as Nova on the front end as Lenovo has a bad reputation for putting it's own bizarre system on top of stock Android. It depends when this was first built but Nova should get round it.

 

[dylanwinter]

Make sure you put a launcher such as Nova on the front end as Lenovo has a bad reputation for putting it's own bizarre system on top of stock Android. It depends when this was first built but Nova should get round it.

is this the thing I need t install before I add the charts?

http://novalauncher.com/

 

[Amulet]

That's why I have eyes. I do have MXMariner on the tablet (haven't managed to convert the Antares Charts yet) but I never bother with the GPS side of things. At the Antares scale I don't really see the need.

Must have really well calibrated eyeballs, the ability to see in the dark, the ability to see in fog and some extrasensory ability out of sight of land. Given that it's trivially easy to have a wee screen displaying your position, I can't understand why you wouldn't.