Lowrance GPS + Antenna Installation

[cbrsilv15]

It was good experience and great on resume but make more now working for US gov ... I am Canadian. Your taxes pay my wage so thanks boss ;

 

I'm the most ignorant person here on these forums. Can't you tell??)

Wow

[Silvern Sentry]

Wow am I a total asshat

ignorance is not knowing you can download offline maps in the year 2016 lol bet you were at a computer and could have lookwd it up so ignorant and lazy I presume.

 

Hope you enjoy living under a rock

[GMMediumDutyMQ]

Has anyone installed a Lowrance GPS with their external antenna in a 14+?

 

I have a Trophy-5m Baja with the LGC16W external antenna that is supposed to arrive today and I'm not quite sure where to begin.

 

If anyone has any advice or recommendations regarding placement of the GPS, I would appreciate it! Also, I'll need to run the antenna wiring through the roof and down into the headliner so any input on that would be helpful as well.

 

Getting back to the topic at hand before this was hijacked...

 

Few questions for OP:

 

-How big is the unit itself? Have some ideas for placement, but would need to know size first.

-Do you have a console or front bench?

-Does the antenna have anything like an NMO mount, or does Lowrance happen to offer an NMO-style antenna?

[cbrsilv15]

ignorance is not knowing you can download offline maps in the year 2016 lol bet you were at a computer and could have lookwd it up so ignorant and lazy I presume.

 

Hope you enjoy living under a rock

Please do us all a favor and go live under a rock.

[Silvern Sentry]

Please do us all a favor and go live under a rock.

 

[thearizonacowboy]

Haha wow! That was fun catching up....

Thanks for the helpful posts by a few.

It's pointless talking to him. Everyone is dumb according to him.
I'd like to know a round about cost of this setup. I've always used my hand held mounted in the pickup because I can pack it and use it in the back country. But always good to know where's where!

 

It was just under $500 from PCI Radios and it came with a mapping card of a few states.

 

 

Getting back to the topic at hand before this was hijacked...

Few questions for OP:

-How big is the unit itself? Have some ideas for placement, but would need to know size first. I don't know the exact measurements quite yet but here's a photo showing a similar model in a Ford
-Do you have a console or front bench? My truck has the center console up front.

-Does the antenna have anything like an NMO mount, or does Lowrance happen to offer an NMO-style antenna? As far as I know, the one included is the only one that will work with the GPS.

I'll be home shortly to get some dimensions and show a couple ideas I was considering.

Thanks again for the helpful responses!

[RMDesigns]

The Baja 5m is an internal GPS, no external antennae needed. I used this set up in my previous truck, Ford Raptor. I never needed an external antennae, the baja 5 kept up when at speed across the desert 80 mph +. The mount used in this set up is probably from Outlaw Offroad, RPG or SVC made specifically for the Raptor. I don't know anybody that makes one for the Silverado. The mount that is used on the raptor is just some sheet metal bent up to mount in the center speaker area of the dash.

[skallywag]

Awesome. Not a bad price for what you are getting!

[thearizonacowboy]

Awesome. Not a bad price for what you are getting!

Definitely!

 

I've been a little distracted lately and I'll upload some photos and dimensions later tonight

[thearizonacowboy]

Okay so I finally figured out where to mount it. I ended up buying a RAM mount and bolted it up to the removable cup holders. I removed the rubber liner and cut away about a 2"x3" section to allow me to bolt up the RAM mount while being able to completely cover up the bolts/nuts with the rubber cup holder liner.

 

Here's a couple quick photos I took this morning:

 

 

 

I still need to hardwire the unit and install the external GPS because, at least where I have it mounted, it's definitely needed.

[kstruckcountry]

Have you thought of mounting the antenna on top of the bedside? Or maybe an L bracket on the front of the bed?

 

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[slj2008]

Okay so I finally figured out where to mount it. I ended up buying a RAM mount and bolted it up to the removable cup holders. I removed the rubber liner and cut away about a 2"x3" section to allow me to bolt up the RAM mount while being able to completely cover up the bolts/nuts with the rubber cup holder liner.

 

Here's a couple quick photos I took this morning:

 

 

 

I still need to hardwire the unit and install the external GPS because, at least where I have it mounted, it's definitely needed.

 

more photo's please

[slopra]

OP if you can work out your install how you like, then going with a dedicated GPS solution is for sure the way to go if you're doing anything more than figuring out your quickest way to work and home. You don't want to use your phone GPS for tracking off road movements and such. While you can even download areas of Google Maps for offline use, GPS on Android phones is not true GPS, but is aGPS. (assisted). It uses many other things on your phone to determine your location quickly and accurately. That works pretty great when you are in the city but not so much out of it. Even disabling some of the options does not truly get rid of them and they will still slow things down/decrease accuracy.

Also the GPS receivers themselves in phones aren't the greatest, there are much quicker/accurate chips in standalone systems that utilize more channels and better protocols.

 

nope i live on vancouver island. tons of places have no service I just download an offline map at works like a charm. best of all its free. yes I can also track and plot movements. i spent last two summer in the woods. phone works just great.

try it yourself
https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en

who do you think tom tom and GM have been buying thier mapping data from. seen any tom tom cars driving around mapping out roads lately have you?

 

 

FYI that mega million dollar aircraft carrier uses googles technology to plot and map its course. My last job was working with NATO in this very system. No one maps the corners onbthe earth more accuratly which is why it is th standard today and all came from Google (well originally they bought it and improved it)

look up KML.

to answer the OP question the best place to mount is in the box it came in and returning it. waste of money.

 

Dude you should just stop...you seriously have no idea what you're talking about. You seem to give somewhat useful input on some things, but act like any answer other than your own is wrong. Then you claim to know stuff you have no clue about like here...

 

First, both of the things you're saying here have nothing to do with GPS, rather GIS. i.e. mapping data and route algorithms. Neither of which Google even does themselves. They get their mapping data from various providers including user contributions. And in fact Tom Tom is an actual map data provider lol. Google is not mapping roads with the cars you see around, they're just getting pictures for their Street View.

 

The routing algorithm Google Maps uses is actually just Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm. You clearly didn't work with NATO on this as they don't use that. They've contracted Globecomm for years to develop and support a standalone FTS over private communications so that they can provide and track their own routes, hazards, command posts, etc...

 

You should probably look up KML yourself... it's just a markup language used to overlay information on a map like Google Earth does.

 

 

 

 

[skallywag]

^^^BURN^^^??

[Abearclaw]

OP if you can work out your install how you like, then going with a dedicated GPS solution is for sure the way to go if you're doing anything more than figuring out your quickest way to work and home. You don't want to use your phone GPS for tracking off road movements and such. While you can even download areas of Google Maps for offline use, GPS on Android phones is not true GPS, but is aGPS. (assisted). It uses many other things on your phone to determine your location quickly and accurately. That works pretty great when you are in the city but not so much out of it. Even disabling some of the options does not truly get rid of them and they will still slow things down/decrease accuracy.

Also the GPS receivers themselves in phones aren't the greatest, there are much quicker/accurate chips in standalone systems that utilize more channels and better protocols.

 

 

 

 

Dude you should just stop...you seriously have no idea what you're talking about. You seem to give somewhat useful input on some things, but act like any answer other than your own is wrong. Then you claim to know stuff you have no clue about like here...

 

First, both of the things you're saying here have nothing to do with GPS, rather GIS. i.e. mapping data and route algorithms. Neither of which Google even does themselves. They get their mapping data from various providers including user contributions. And in fact Tom Tom is an actual map data provider lol. Google is not mapping roads with the cars you see around, they're just getting pictures for their Street View.

 

The routing algorithm Google Maps uses is actually just Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm. You clearly didn't work with NATO on this as they don't use that. They've contracted Globecomm for years to develop and support a standalone FTS over private communications so that they can provide and track their own routes, hazards, command posts, etc...

 

You should probably look up KML yourself... it's just a markup language used to overlay information on a map like Google Earth does.

 

 

 

 

Nice dude [emoji1303]

 

 

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