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01-17-2011, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by DeltaRomeo
Assuming you have an iPad.....
What I do:
1. Download all WAC charts ( free) from HERE (sectionals also from HERE).
2. Copy them to my iPad and read them with Goodreader ( $2.99).
3. Throw the iPad in my flight bag.
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Will this work on a Kindle or similar unit???
[ed. I'm not sure, Mike. It needs to read TIFF files (the format the WAC charts are in). dr]
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01-17-2011, 05:16 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: MN
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Rooted Color Nook......did I say that??
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Will this work on a Kindle or similar unit???
[ed. I'm not sure, Mike. It needs to read TIFF files (the format the WAC charts are in). dr]
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Amateur Plane - RV-9A N789PH - 2350+ Hrs
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St. Paul, MN
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01-17-2011, 05:58 PM
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TIFF conversion
IrfanView, a free Windows download, can convert TIFF to jpg or pdf via "save as".
FWIW
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01-17-2011, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeltaRomeo
Assuming you have an iPad (or netbook of some kind).....
1. Download all WAC charts ( free) from HERE (sectionals also from HERE).
2. Copy them to my iPad and read them with Goodreader ( $2.99).
3. Throw the iPad in my flight bag.
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I chose to save the $2.99... I convert them from TIFF to PNG, and then copy them to my iPad for viewing with a program called "Transit Maps", which is free.
I find that GoodReader can't pan/scroll/zoom anywhere near as fast as Transit Maps. No idea why Transit Maps is so much faster, but I think it pre-processes the images into tiles to speed things up.
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1996 RV-6 "Tweety" C-FRBP (formerly N196RV)
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01-17-2011, 07:20 PM
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I just used Adobe Photoshop (but I think any graphics program, ie FREE graphics program will work)
Converted the tiff image to png and it cut's the size in half (Miami South tiff 47 mb and the png file is 25mb)
I expect that's why Transit Maps (also free) works faster.
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Venice, Fl
RV-6 "Sassy" Flying 400 hrs since Oct 2011
Lycoming 0-360 A1A, FP Sensenich Prop
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Last edited by DeltaRomeo : 01-17-2011 at 08:03 PM.
Reason: figured out how to do it....
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01-17-2011, 08:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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How?
Quote:
Originally Posted by DeltaRomeo
Assuming you have an iPad (or netbook of some kind).....
What I do:
1. Download all WAC charts ( free) from HERE (sectionals also from HERE).
2. Copy them to my iPad and read them with Goodreader ( $2.99).
3. Throw the iPad in my flight bag.
Note: I also copy them to my 16GB Swiss Army Knife/Memory Stick ( more) in case I'm in front of a computer with a huge monitor and a free USB port.
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DR,
I tried downloading the low IFR charts. My iPad won't download these files. Is there an app that will work?
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RV-8, "Miss Izzy", 2250 Hours - Sold
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01-17-2011, 10:04 PM
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Ron, the iPad itself won't download them, but if you download them to your desktop computer first, you can add them to GoodReader through iTunes. Adding to Transit Maps is a little more involved, but I feel the added speed of use is worth it.
Gary, I tried putting the same PNG image into GoodReader but the performance was still slow. TransitMaps processes the image for a while when you load it into the iPad, I think that processing is generating smaller tiles of the image that it loads and unloads dynamically as you scroll around. It takes more space on the iPad to do this, but the reward is faster zooming and panning. GoodReader does all of the panning and zooming live.
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1996 RV-6 "Tweety" C-FRBP (formerly N196RV)
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01-17-2011, 11:15 PM
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If you have an iPad....
Why not just pay the $20 for Skycharts and be done with it? Have a moving map to boot as long as you have the 3G model with gps or the wifi only model with an add-on Bluetooth gps unit.
Erich
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01-18-2011, 06:53 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Which GPS
Any suggestions for a bluetooth GPS that works with the iPad? I don't have an internal GPS in my iPad.
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Ron Schreck
IAC National Judge
RV-8, "Miss Izzy", 2250 Hours - Sold
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01-18-2011, 07:55 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Hendersonville, NC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeltaRomeo
Assuming you have an iPad (or netbook of some kind).....
What I do:
1. Download all WAC charts ( free) from HERE (sectionals also from HERE).
2. Copy them to my iPad and read them with Goodreader ( $2.99).
3. Throw the iPad in my flight bag.
Note: I also copy them to my 16GB Swiss Army Knife/Memory Stick ( more) in case I'm in front of a computer with a huge monitor and a free USB port.
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IMO that is a LOT of trouble to go through when ForeFlight for the iPad is $75 a YEAR, and for that you can AUTOMATICALLY download sectionals for the entire country (and see your position on them as you fly), low and high enroute charts, the equivalent of all of the AFDs, check weather and fuel prices, etc.
For the same $75 you can run two copies (one for backup) on your iPad and iPhone (or iTouch) simultaneously.
To me the trouble of manually downloading the sectionals, transferring them to the iPad, making sure I had the right ones, then dealing with the slower scrolling issues would make $75 a bargain (not to mention getting the low enroutes and the AFD info.)
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Last edited by sjarrell : 01-18-2011 at 07:56 AM.
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