The main drawback is speed of calculation. I can then quickly navigate to all the campsites we preselected. I use the favourites to hold campsites, castles, places to visit for when we use it in the camper.
It can also hold favourite places with data attached to it, and has a large builtin dataset of POI's. If you deviate from the route, it will sensibly guide you back to it without stubbornly sticking to it. It handles GPX routes/tracks wonderfully, where you have the option to navigate to your destination using the GPX route. The maps can be stored on a microSD card in the tablet.
#BLACKSMITH3D 6 TABLET NAVIGATION SOFTWARE#
It is open source software based on OSM maps. I naturally landed with OSMand software, and allthough it has a few drawbacks, it does the job well.
#BLACKSMITH3D 6 TABLET NAVIGATION OFFLINE#
I mounted it horizontally.Īs for software, I wanted door-to-door navigation, offline (so no need for a data connection) as I'm frequently travelling to different countries, the possibility to navigate GPX routes, and the possibility to save favourite locations, preferably open source or free software. I will get some pictures of the setup installed later. A larger tablet (9-10 inch) would be too big for that. I mounted it in the middle of my handlebar on a RAM ball, and it nicely fits between the two grips. This one really grips the tablet fixed in one position, and feels much more secure on the bike. The second one i bought for the bike was this :īoth are from RAM. I put it in the camper now, with a suction cup on the windscreen, and it is perfect there. It held the tablet surprisingly hard, but it moved around too much on the bike as the table is free to swivel around. I bought myself a 7 inch samsung tablet for less than 100€, and two mounts. Also, as offroading is not necessary, none of the devices out there fully satisfied my itch. So that means I do not have time to squint at a small screen. I frequently travel to our HQ in germany, which means high speeds for extended times on the german AutoBahn (in excess of 180 kph for longer periods). However, I felt at the time that they are bloody expensive, and the tiny screen was not going to be sufficient. So naturally the Montana and other Garmin devices came into the picture. About one year ago, I was in the market for a new navigation device, to be shared between our camper, the bike (st1100) and potentially to be used as hiking GPS.
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