Rick: I just searched the App Store for Navmatics and drew a blank. ?? Rich
> On Feb 19, 2014, at 13:26, "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > On a different note, does anyone have experience with the Navmatics Charts > and Tides app for iOS? > > I had been thinking about purchasing a waterproof Galaxy tablet (which is a > bit over half the cost of an iPad) so I could run Active Captain Companion at > the helm of the boat while cruising, but got an iPad in an Otter box as a > gift. So I’m setting it up for that purpose. > > The folks who manage Active Captain just gave a glowing endorsement to the > Navmatics software for iOS 7. It is a free ap and you pay for the chart data. > The collection of NOAA charts is $19.99, and the complete set of NOAA + CHP > Canadian charts is $39.99 – both include chart updates for life. Seems like a > reasonable cost, particularly since all the Active Captain notes on > navigation hazards, events, marina reviews, fuel sources and prices, tide and > current information, etc will show up as part of the information available on > the chart. > > I’d really prefer to have one app on the device, and really do not plan to > use it for navigation. There are redundant, waterproof, sunlight readable > systems on the boat (I second Fred’s comment on that) for navigation already. > It’s for access to information, and perhaps for use when I’m on someone > else’s boat. So having the Active Captain information accessible in the > software is a benefit. > > But I’ve noted that most of you seem to be using iNAVx on your tablets. Does > anyone know if iNAVx includes the Active Captain data? Or can anyone comment > on the differences in the two software packages? > > And, Joel; You mention having Garmin software on your tablet. Is that a > mobile version of Homeport? Can you use it to do route planning and load data > into your chartplotter? And if so, how do you go about doing that? > > > Rick Brass > Washington, NC > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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