Ipad Google Maps - and a Sim

[Fatboy1960]

Looking forward to our first real adventure in the motorhome off to the highlands for a few weeks. Ive Just purchased a nice second hand ipad (4th generation) to use as my sat nav. Having done some research I wanted to have the option to have real time update and notification of traffic etc and therefore bought one (unlocked) with the ability to take a SIM.

I'm thinking of getting a pay as you go SIM as I will only be using the ​

ipad for google maps.

Is there a way of setting your ipad to only use the data for google maps.

Cheers

 

[Ukbandit]

Not really, why not just tether it to your phone, save buying another sim. That’s how I do it, and you need to use Waze it’s the best satnav bar none. Everyone on Waze are connected with real time reports of what’s happening on the road ahead.

 

[Mark McG]

have a look under settings, Then mobile data. on the iPhone you can chose what apps then are able to use mobile data.

 

[autorouter]

If you're going off on an adventure into the highlands, you'll discover for yourself the difference between 'coverage of 98% of the population' and 'coverage of 98% of the land area'. There'll be large areas with no signal. Best to have an offline mapping satnav as a backup to online Google maps.

 

[Mark McG]

You can always download ‘offline’ maps on google maps Just need to remember! Could also try maps.me and download local maps as required.

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[autorouter]

The sequence goes like this: 1. Discover you're in an area with no coverage. 2 Ten minutes before, download the offline map. No problem.

Maps.me is a backup I use. I also use it for finding my way walking around towns, finding where I parked he scooter etc. It's super-easy to add markers for any points of interest.

 

[Fatboy1960]

Thanks folks - tethering seems like a sensible option as I have lots of unused data

I’ll download maps.me that seems like a good back up not sure if I can download Scotland from google maps in one go or if I’ll have enough memory

thanks again

 

[Pausim]

You can download maps to Google. https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Platform=iOS&hl=en

 

[tofo]

Looking forward to our first real adventure in the motorhome off to the highlands for a few weeks. Ive Just purchased a nice second hand ipad (4th generation) to use as my sat nav. Having done some research I wanted to have the option to have real time update and notification of traffic etc and therefore bought one (unlocked) with the ability to take a SIM.
I'm thinking of getting a pay as you go SIM as I will only be using the
ipad for google maps.

Is there a way of setting your ipad to only use the data for google maps.

Cheers

S

Looking forward to our first real adventure in the motorhome off to the highlands for a few weeks. Ive Just purchased a nice second hand ipad (4th generation) to use as my sat nav. Having done some research I wanted to have the option to have real time update and notification of traffic etc and therefore bought one (unlocked) with the ability to take a SIM.
I'm thinking of getting a pay as you go SIM as I will only be using the
ipad for google maps.

Is there a way of setting your ipad to only use the data for google maps.

Cheers

Get a free sim and let to try never top it up
it will make the connections to masts
but be like a sim free type you won’t get the screen come up no sim installed

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[Pausim]

I have never put a sim in my iPad and not missing any screens. I tether the iPad to my iPhone Hotspot and everything works fine.

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[Ukbandit]

I have never put a sim in my iPad and not missing any screens. I tether the iPad to my iPhone Hotspot and everything works fine.

That’s what I said

 

[Mark McG]

Just double checking that you did say you had bought the iPad that takes a SIM card. The standard WiFi iPad does not have the Gps chip so I bought a garmin Bluetooth gps dongle for mine.