+1 for the RAM mounts, regardles of the terrain they hang on tight. I use an Android Tablet, 10", with a poly cover so it holds well in the RAM tablet mount. Have used an early generation iPad however (and this may have changed) was not possible to dim sufficiently for night driving. I use a GPS receiver external to the tablet, the receiver then has an aerial on the roof of the car, prevents loss of signal under tree canopies, the GPS inbuild in tablets is often not much good. ideally get a tablet that charges at 12v and you are sweet to wire it direct.
Have used a few apps, the best I have used is Oziexplorer, I think it is a raster style solution but allows you to load an image of any map you can find, including downloading tiles from online mapping solutions, enables you to remain up to date and go with whichever map is most accurate and suits you at the time. Really easy to use and you can get the PC version to plot before you leave for a trip if you like. Ozi has the best features, Androzic is another option, uses the same maps but can be flakey, tt does 3 things I like better than Oziexplorer, can drag the map wththout disabling tracking first, can weight your position in the screen so that the map is split say 70/30 in the direction you are traveling rather than plotting you in the middle of the screen all the time (helps with the 25K maps), lastly it stiches maps together for better flow, Ozi waits for you to drive off the map you are on before load the next (unless done manually), can be a pain when using the map to assist cornering speed etc.
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