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At one point I was getting frequent crashes also. I finally unsynced a lot of extra tracks and waypoints I had accumulated to remove them from my device, keeping them in the online account. After that, I rarely get a crash now. I wonder if it was some kind of memory limitation or something.

Did this trip go smoothly? I'm thinking of heading up there in the next couple of weeks and am wondering if you ran into any locked gates or such due to COVID restrictions or if all was normal. Thank you.

Those looking for the Ed Fong DBJ-2, they sell on eBay now. https://www.ebay.com/itm/DBJ-2-VHF-UHF-Dual-Band-Roll-Up-portable-Antenna/122702461531

Eddie, GPX is more widely supported than KML, so that would be my recommendation, but it really depends on what software would be used by the recipients to open it. It wouldn't hurt to export both formats and send them both files. For mobile devices, an app I have had good success with is...

@old_man, have you found an effective software application for off-road GPS navigation for Windows 10 or Linux that is an actively maintained/supported product? It seems that the current crop of software options are all for mobile platforms, Android and iOS.

@danrhiggins, for off-line on-road turn-by-turn navigation, maps.me works well for me. It makes it easy to download and update the off-line map data.

Ok, I misunderstood a review I saw then. Thanks for setting me straight on that. That changes my perspective on the device. If it did have InReach built-in it would have been much more compelling of a product.

I thought that this does have InReach builtin, doesn't it?

@Jim SoG, something like this?

Try searching amazon for "17.3 laptop bag". You might find something suitable there for under $20.

@deeve, I've seen a lot of positive recommendations for the Dual XGPS150A. Personally, though, I decided I wanted to have track logging directly on my GPS device so that it would be power-on and forget and not have to worry about saving a track log in an app on my phone/tablet. With that in...

I've found AllTrails to be helpful too. Another resource that has been up and coming is Trails Offroad.

I primarily use Gaia GPS myself, but have been experimenting with ViewRanger. ViewRanger seems pretty mature and is more popular in Great Britain & Europe than USA. There are not as many US layers compared to Gaia, but they do have the excellent NeoTreks US maps with their premium subscription...

The wifi-only iPads do not have internal GPS receivers, but the cellular models do. You don’t need a cellular plan for the GPS to function on those.

I already had the 12.9" iPad Pro, so I rigged up a mount not unlike @James Deaton using quick release hinges. It is quite stable, even on rough trails. Climbing hills, it will sway a bit, but nothing jarring or distracting. more details