I have an iPad 1 with WiFi only. To overcome the lack of a proper GPS - ie one that reads data from satellites when away from any wifi and 3G cell towers, I purchased a Bad Elf GPS unit that plugs into my iPad 1. This works well for away from civilisation navigation. Of course, I cannot rely on web based mapping services and the iPad holds a vast array of digital maps onboard.
I understood only the 3G iPads, not the WiFi only, had a proper read the satellites GPS. This was certainly the case with my iPad 1. Tim On 09/03/2012, at 12:30 PM, cm wrote: > Yes quite right. Assisted GPS is the combination of a GPS unit, positioning > form triangulation of cell-phone towers, and positioning using wifi hot spots. > > There is one caveat, however, the Wifi only models of the iPad have no GPS > unit and also cannot contact cell-phone towers. These Wifi only models can > only use wifi triangulation to determine their position. This can be quite > accurate on occasions but can have an inaccuracy of a kilometres on other > occasions. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > On 09/03/2012, at 12:23 , Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Adrian, >> >> The 4G models include GPS. The "assisted" part refers to the use of the cell >> connection to make the localization quicker. However, access to a cell >> signal is not required. The built in GPS will work on its own. >> >> It is unfortunate that Apple used the term "assisted GPS". It seems to >> confuse a lot of people. >> The iPad (1,2 and 3) have a FULLY FUNCTIONAL GPS, and it works extremely >> well! >> >> As stated above, the "assisted" part refers to it's ability to use the >> cellular towers for a quicker initial fix, in some locations. >> >> The New iPad Specifications: >> <http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 09/03/2012, at 11:41 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: >> >>> Good morning all! >>> >>> Can anyone tell me if any model of the new iPad actually has a GPS receiver >>> installed or is it reliant on the mobile phone network? >>> >>> In iCloud Preferences (System) Find My Mac is greyed out and the "More" >>> option says "Find My Mac requires a recovery partition". >>> >>> In my iCloud the iMac shows up as "Offline". The Mac Help system tells me >>> what it does but not a clue on how to activate it. Any help will be >>> appreciated. >>> >>> iMac 7" Intel OS X 10.7.3 >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Adrian >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
