The tablet does have an LTE modem, but in this case it’s getting internet from the boat (Teltonika RUTX11 modem)
The tablet does have an LTE modem, but in this case it’s getting internet from the boat (Teltonika RUTX11 modem)
I have a Raspberry Pi running Signal K on the computer. This transmits all boat sensor data (depth, wind, GPS, AIS targets, etc) to the tablet. On tablet I can then run a chartplotter app, for example Navionics, SeaPilot, OpenCPN, or my current option, Orca CoPilot.
Nexus 7 (FHD, the better model) was the best tablet I’ve had. I used it even as a phone replacement for a couple of years.
Now I’m using a Galaxy Tab Active 3 as a chartplotter on the boat. Also quite nice, but would be too slow for a “main device”. Not to mention camera quality.
I’ve been to both Petsamo and Karelia, and trust me, we don’t want them back. To clean them up and bring them into modern standards of infrastructure would be ridiculously expensive. Not to mention the Russian population that has integrated in them over the last 80 years.
We were there a couple of weeks ago. Seems different neighbourhoods had different flags. We elected not to fly a courtesy flag on our boat as all the alternatives were partisan one way or another.