Navtronics App-Chartplotter for your phone

[Bill]

Anyone heard or used this Navtronics app for their phone yet? supposedly you can use it just like a chart plotter.. see it here
http://www.navionics.com/MobileMarineFe ... honeSingle

 

[El Mar]

Yeah, works great on the iPhone.

 

[Bpd92]

I use it on a droid x and it works great, good app to dream up trips and check distances while I'm at work.

 

[WhaleTail]

love the app good for rough distances point to point and nice to have with you on board for back-up

 

[CaptDave]

I use it all the time on the commuter boat on way to work along with ShipFinder which is an AIS tool. Nice to see where you are in fog, speed nad who else is around.

Dave

 

[Raider Ronnie]

Have it on my iphone but to be honest haven't spent much time using it, yet....

 

[Bill]

ok gonna download it now.. only a matter of time before you can plug a transducer into your iphone jack and "mark em"

 

[BillGallagher]

I used it all this summer on my HTC. It uses a lot of battery power within a few hours. You must use on boad power supply for extensive usage. Comparing it to my on board GPS and other GPS', the speed is off by 2 to 5 tenths of a mile. The distance measurement is OK, given the small screen size. The real problem is actual GPS position, I have it set for one second update, but from time to time the boat's actual position is about 200 feet from the display on the small screen.
it has it's limits, I trust it 25 to 50 miles offshore. in harbor areas, I keep a very close eye on it