All right, That tablet should work for you just fine. If you decide to do live mapping, it will work for you.
If you decide to get a cell data sim for it to be able to access data out in the field, it can download maps on the fly.
If you decide to use GPS Rocket Locator by pairing your receiver via bluetooth you’ll be good to go plus...... You can download the map sets over wi-fi at various levels of resolution/definition of your favorite flying sites and save on data fees from the cell provider. If you have cell service and you have your maps preloaded, as long as data is on you’ll be able to download a map level that you’ve might have missed.
Heck I used GPS Rocket Locator without any maps in a WiFi only Nexus 7 very early on and had a successful recovery just by getting the two position points to come together!
Some years ago, there were some Chinese tablets coming out with dual boot capability Android/Windows AND had a GPS chipset in them. There was a cell chipset in them for data too but not compatible with U.S. service. I was only going to download maps via wi-fi so if cell data didn’t work I was O.K. with that. I can use an Android program and when done, boot to Windows and use Windows tracking programs and or the myriad of rocket programs out there. The GPS chipsets are visible both on the Windows and Android sides.
Only problem now is........... American electronics firms were pi$$ed at the prospect of dual boot tablets as it meant one only needed to buy ONE DEVICE! Bastids! One can’t find dual boot units anymore. I did find a couple out there currently but NO onboard GPS.
Now to be practical. Make sure you can plug in an outboard battery to your tablet as you are going to be using a lot of juice with GPS on, bluetooth on, maybe cellular net turned on and the screen at full brightness to see.
Also, see if you can get a matte plastic screen protector. You don’t want a shiny screen as you won’t be able to see it in sunlight. Even then, go around to Walmart and look in the school supplies section as some of the shipping boxes they sell product in turn out to be the right size to put your tablet, battery and maybe your receiver. Once the products usually notebook paper is sold, I ask them if I may take the empty box. They’re more than happy to let you take the shipping box as they just throw them in the trash or recycle. I do both types of tracking 900Mhz and Ham Radio APRS. I wear my Eggfinder LCD on a neckstrap though
with APRS my 70cm/2m HT may go in the box too. Cut a thumb hole so you can hold the box in one hand. Reinforce the flaps with either/and epoxy and duct tape. You get something that looks like this:
Oh, paint the inside of the box with flat black paint for further ease of viewing. Sometimes it’s easier to face the sun rather than have sunlight come in over your shoulder and washout the screen. You will have to develop a navigators brain in order to be able to interpret what’s on the screen no matter which way you are facing so you can tell which way to go. I learned dead reckoning navigation in the early 70’s as a teen when I flew airplanes. Didn’t matter which way I was holding a sectional chart I could steer the airplane wherever I needed to go. Early on, I did have to have the map course line facing the direction of travel which meant the map was turned in odd directions in my lap. An instructor encouraged me to hold the map in one position and do the transposition in my brain. I learned it eventually. It’s a knack but old habits die hard and lets me have fun with live map tracking.
If you just want a bearing arrow that’s ok but you will be able to dabble with GPS Rocket Locator with a live map if you want. Kurt Savegnago KC9LDH