[Liveaboard] iPad

2011-05-10 Thread Lee Haefele
I see people using IPads for a chart plotter. Why are the good recommended APS to do this? Lee Haefele ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/list

Re: [Liveaboard] iPad

2011-05-10 Thread gmbeasley
On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:29:32 -0400, you wrote: >I see people using IPads for a chart plotter. Why are the good recommended >APS to do this? >Lee Haefele I don't know about Why, but we used the Ap that was in Good Old Boat. ___ Liveaboard mailing lis

Re: [Liveaboard] iPad

2011-05-10 Thread Paul Brannon
al. Paul Brannon -Original Message- From: gmbeas...@mindspring.com Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:12 AM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] iPad On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:29:32 -0400, you wrote: >I see people using IPads for a chart plotter. Why are the good

Re: [Liveaboard] iPad

2011-05-10 Thread Sam Densler
I use EarthNC ($9.99) and Navimatics Charts&Tides ($24.99) on the iPhone/iPad both include charts. I use GPSNavX ($49.99) on the Mac, they have an iPhone/iPad app but I have not used it yet. Sam On 5/10/11 10:29 AM, Lee Haefele wrote: > I see people using IPads for a chart plotter. Why are

Re: [Liveaboard] iPad

2011-05-10 Thread Ed Kelly
Hi Lee and others, On Angel Louise we have been using apps for a couple years, first those for the iPhone/iPod Touch, now those specially dedicated for the iPad specifically. Those that we used for the first two years were: NAVIONICS: US EAST NAVIONICS: CARIBBEAN (those both cost $19.95 back then

Re: [Liveaboard] iPad

2011-05-10 Thread Sam Densler
Ed, Navionics still sells the iPad app for those locations, it is now called Charts&Tides+ and it is $24.99 for the iPad and iPhone, one license works on both if you have both devices. Sam On 5/10/11 12:18 PM, Ed Kelly wrote: > Hi Lee and others, > > On Angel Louise we have been using apps f

Re: [Liveaboard] iPad

2011-05-10 Thread Philip R. McGovern
Ed, et al: We used Navionics Caribbean on a Droid X all the way from Key West to the Rio Dulce and it served as a great backup for the chartplotter. For an app, it was expensive ($30.00 IIRC) but, for a "chartplotter: if was super cheap. As we went south, we reached a point around Belize where i

Re: [Liveaboard] iPad

2011-05-10 Thread Sam Densler
Internet connection or a 3G cell connection if you have the hardware to support that capability. Sam On 5/10/11 1:26 PM, Philip R. McGovern wrote: > Ed, et al: > > We used Navionics Caribbean on a Droid X all the way from Key West to > the Rio Dulce and it served as a great backup for the char