An odd request

[Serenity]

So, I'm looking for an application or even just a good a collection of maps, to download to my iPad. I know, google maps and apple maps are both things, but here's the twist. I wish this maps to have latitude and longitude lines, and to be able to navigate by that method. ForeFlight has GREAT charts for this, but only covering the US, and I'd like worldwide without having to spend $300/year. I don't need aviation charts, just a series of maps with latitude and longitude displayed and accessible. Anyone know of anything?

(Before it's mentioned, according to google, for whatever reason latitude longitude overlay is NOT available for iPad)

[Wolfala]

Aerovie firbthe US. Skydeamon for Europe and the CIS.

[eagl]

I think you'll end up paying for what you want, unless you find an open source or non-US developer.  GPS plus high res graphics are a bit of a security risk, and I don't think it is a coincidence that its hard to find utilities that could make GPS targeting easy.  Even freeware utilities could be subject to US export controls.

If you plan on doing any private flying, just bite the bullet, get foreflight, and drop a grand or so on the GPS/transponder brick that gets you GPS, ADS-B-in, plus weather.  Everyone I know that has one of those setups says its worth it if you do any private flying.

Maybe check out prosumer-level UAV/drone/quadcopter forums and see what those guys are using.  Some of them are getting VERY precise results. For example, they're good enough to do volumetric estimates of rockpiles and haystacks on farmer fields after overflight mapping, which would require less than 1-meter accuracy.

USAF UPT bases use a mapping solution for low level planning, and I think the license actually allows installation on a single home computer.  At least it used to, since I remember taking a CD home and putting it on my computer at home about 12 yrs ago.  So... consider seeing if your nav planning shop could contact the library at, say, 80FTW at Sheppard AFB, and see if the license is portable.

[Serenity]

I think you'll end up paying for what you want, unless you find an open source or non-US developer.  GPS plus high res graphics are a bit of a security risk, and I don't think it is a coincidence that its hard to find utilities that could make GPS targeting easy.  Even freeware utilities could be subject to US export controls.

If you plan on doing any private flying, just bite the bullet, get foreflight, and drop a grand or so on the GPS/transponder brick that gets you GPS, ADS-B-in, plus weather.  Everyone I know that has one of those setups says its worth it if you do any private flying.

Maybe check out prosumer-level UAV/drone/quadcopter forums and see what those guys are using.  Some of them are getting VERY precise results. For example, they're good enough to do volumetric estimates of rockpiles and haystacks on farmer fields after overflight mapping, which would require less than 1-meter accuracy.

USAF UPT bases use a mapping solution for low level planning, and I think the license actually allows installation on a single home computer.  At least it used to, since I remember taking a CD home and putting it on my computer at home about 12 yrs ago.  So... consider seeing if your nav planning shop could contact the library at, say, 80FTW at Sheppard AFB, and see if the license is portable.

I think I've expressed this poorly. I've got foreflight, it's great for US stuff. I'm not looking to use this for aviation at all. I don't need high-res satellite. Old school simple map is fine for me. Doesn't even necessarily need to be topographical. Just a simple series of world maps with latitude/longitude. I would almost go so far as to say the kind of thing you'd likely find in an old encyclopedia set.

[eagl]

Maybe hiking topo maps?

[eagl]

https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=38.8,-98.4&z=5&b=mbt

What kind of interface do you need?


http://andrewskurka.com/2015/backpacking-topographical-maps-types-sources-formats/

[8thJinx]

https://www.usgs.gov/products/maps/topo-maps

[Serenity]

https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=38.8,-98.4&z=5&b=mbt

What kind of interface do you need?


http://andrewskurka.com/2015/backpacking-topographical-maps-types-sources-formats/

Ideally something that covers the globe with grid lines present and it doesn't need to be any finer scale than minutes as the smallest measure.