{"id":22202,"date":"2026-06-15T02:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T02:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/?page_id=22202"},"modified":"2026-06-26T23:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:26:19","slug":"ipads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/ipads\/","title":{"rendered":"iPads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wifi-only<\/strong> iPads do not have GPS so you cannot record your trails or locate yourself where there is no mobile reception. You can connect a <strong>Garmin Glo 2 GPS<\/strong>, though. It costs about $175. It is a small device (8&#215;4 cm) that connects via bluetooth, so it can be carried in your pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Garmin glo 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/garmin-glo-2-e1782516116115.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22340\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I know if my iPad is wifi-only?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>there is <strong>no socket to put a SIM into<\/strong> (this might have a white plastic cover)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>run the <strong>&#8216;Settings&#8217; <\/strong>app &#8211; there will be no<strong> &#8216;Mobile&#8217; <\/strong>section anywhere &#8211; only &#8216;Wifi&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>they are also <strong>cheaper<\/strong> than iPads with SIM capability &#8211; look carefully when buying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does &#8216;align map to your surrounds&#8217; work on a wifi-only iPad?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/baseline_explore_black_36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22249\" style=\"width:34px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No.  Our testing has shown this does not work on a wifi-only iPad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If I have a SIM iPad, do I need to insert a SIM card to use GPS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, you do not need to insert a SIM card into the SIM socket to use GPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Information Wifi-only iPads do not have GPS so you cannot record your trails or locate yourself where there is no mobile reception. You can connect a Garmin Glo 2 GPS, though. It costs about $175. It is a small device (8&#215;4 cm) that connects via bluetooth, so it can be carried in your pocket. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/ipads\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;iPads&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22202"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22343,"href":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22202\/revisions\/22343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trilobite.solutions\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}