Charts&Tides (US Great Lakes)
- Charts&Tides (US Great Lakes)
- iTunes
- 19.99 USD
- Universal
- Navimatics Corporation
Description
Charts&Tides is the first full resolution, seamless charting iPad app for marine navigation with full compatibility for the iPhone. Purchase Charts&Tides for one low price and run the software on your iPad and your iPhone. It's like getting two apps for the price of one.
Charts&Tides makes the perfect companion to your onboard navigation system. It offers a secondary navigation solution for backup and alternate views, and provides the most comprehensive point of interest (POI) data available with support for ActiveCaptain markers. Always know where you are and what's up ahead. And with the addition of offline updating and reviews you can contribute your knowledge and experience to ActiveCaptain right from your iPad and iPhone.
- Supports standard NOAA vector charts for accurate data.
- All chart data is built-in and automatically updated
with program updates ensuring you have up-to-date navigation information.
- The only true heads-up display
instantly rotates your chart as your boat turns, including text, making it the most readable display available.
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Chart quilting for seamless display as you move chart to chart so you always know what's ahead.
- Stores the entire
ActiveCaptain database offline providing you with instant access to the most accurate guidebook (marinas, anchorages,
hazards, bridges, reviews, plus a lot more) allowing you to plan you boating adventures with confidence.
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Contribute updates, additions, and reviews to ActiveCaptain right from your iPad and iPhone.
- Fully synchronizes
the offline POI database with the ActiveCaptain server when you have an internet connection so you can have the latest
information possible.
- Built-in search mode for finding any location, marina, bridge or other navigation items
quickly.
- Plus integrated tides/currents, weather, sun/moon calendar and much more.
For half the price of a single paper guidebook, you can purchase Charts&Tides today and receive a full featured navigation program for your iPad AND your iPhone along with the most comprehensive guidebook available anywhere.
COVERAGE: This product includes the data for the coastal regions of the US Great Lakes. The product does not include any Canadian coverage. For Canadian coverage look into our US & Canada Great Lakes product.
Visit our website for more detailed coverage.
Please note that this product does *NOT* include bathymetry information. If/when NOAA makes full bathymetry information available for the Great Lakes we will include it.
What's New
Version 4.6.12318 (Nov 20, 2012)
- Chart Edition: Nov 1, 2012
- iOS 6 and iPhone 5 support
Version 4.5.12131 (May 18, 2012)
- Updated charts for 2012 (edition: May 7, 2012). For the fourth year in a row we are updating our charts for
free!
- Improvements for retina display
- Various performance and other improvements
Version 4.3.11229 (Sep 8, 2011)
- Updated charts (edition: Jul 15, 2011)
- New tides and tide computation improvements
- New and more
detailed basemap covers all of the Americas
- Various performance and other improvements
- Changes for
upcoming multi-lingual support
Version 4.2.11174 (Jun 28, 2011)
- Updated charts (edition: Jun 16, 2011)
- Updated tide tables
Version 4.1.11085 (Apr 1, 2011)
- New charts for the 2011 season (edition: Mar 16, 2011).
- New tides and weather stations for 2011.
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Ability to easily rate the application in the App Store.
- Support for some upcoming ActiveCaptain features.
Version 4.0.0 (Jan 11, 2011)
- You can now edit the details of ActiveCaptain markers. You can also add your own reviews/comments of your
favorite and not so favorite marinas, anchorages, etc.
- Chart Edition: Dec 15, 2010
Version 3.7.0 (Nov 5, 2010)
- Chart edition: 26 Oct, 2010
- iOS 4.2 compatibility
- Minor cosmetic changes
Version 3.6.3 (Jul 1, 2010)
This is an iOS 4 compatibility/bugfix release. You do not need to install this version if you do not have iOS
4.
- Fixes a serious issue with the new retina display on iPhone 4.
- Allows for fast app switching with iOS
4.
Version 3.6.2 (Jun 16, 2010)
Version 3.6.2:
- Added "simplified" symbols for chart display (e.g. colored buoys). Choose between "paper
chart" and "simplified" symbols in the Settings screen.
- Added "current track line" feature that draws a line from
the vessel to infinity along its current track. Enable this feature in the Settings screen.
- Added online User
Guide. Access it from the Information screen.
- While viewing the details of an ActiveCaptain marker, tap on a
phone number/website/email to dial the phone, view the website or send an email.
- Updated charts.
Version 3.6.1:
This is a minor bugfix release:
- Made tapping and selection of ActiveCaptain features
easier by enlarging the search area around the spot where the user taps.
- Fixed a problem with passwords that did
not allow some users to log into ActiveCaptain.
- Made tide, current and weather icons much more prominent on the
chart. Look for the new blue diamond icons with a 'T', 'C' or 'W' in them.
Version 3.6.0:
ActiveCaptain integration. We have partnered with activecaptain.com to bring you their fantastic
Interactive Cruising Guidebook. A free account with activecaptain.com will bring you access to detailed information
about thousands of marinas and anchorages as well as local knowledge and hazard information that you cannot find on
official charts. The ActiveCaptain settings can be accessed by tapping the "info" button at the bottom right of the main
screen.
Don't miss on this great free feature! Sign up now at activecaptain.com
Version 3.6.1 (May 27, 2010)
Version 3.6.1:
This is a minor bugfix release:
- Made tapping and selection of ActiveCaptain features
easier by enlarging the search area around the spot where the user taps.
- Fixed a problem with passwords that did
not allow some users to log into ActiveCaptain.
- Made tide, current and weather icons much more prominent on the
chart. Look for the new blue diamond icons with a 'T', 'C' or 'W' in them.
Version 3.6.0:
ActiveCaptain integration. We have partnered with activecaptain.com to bring you their fantastic
Interactive Cruising Guidebook. A free account with activecaptain.com will bring you access to detailed information
about thousands of marinas and anchorages as well as local knowledge and hazard information that you cannot find on
official charts. The ActiveCaptain settings can be accessed by tapping the "info" button at the bottom right of the main
screen.
Don't miss on this great free feature! Sign up now at activecaptain.com
Version 2.0.1 (Jun 29, 2009)
This minor update (2.0.1) fixes some additional iPhone OS 3.0 compatibility issues (including an issue with the blue chevron button in the waypoints view).
Additionally our 2.0.0 update brought you these features:
- Access to NDBC weather stations so that you can see
current weather conditions around you. Tap on the search bar to access this functionality. [Please note: this feature
requires an Internet connection.]
- Improved search and bookmarking system. Search using different filters,
bookmark searches, find nearest tide/current/weather stations, etc.
- Chart Edition: Jun 3, 2009
Version 2.0.0 (Jun 14, 2009)
- We have added access to NDBC weather stations so that you can see current weather conditions around you. Tap on
the search bar to access this functionality. [Please note: this feature requires an Internet connection.]
- We have
improved the way our search works. Now you are able to search using different filters, bookmark your searches, find near
tides and NDBC stations, etc.
- We have fixed a number of compatibility issues with iPhone OS 3.0.
- Chart
Edition: 2009/06/03
Version 1.5.1 (May 6, 2009)
- We have improved our algorithm for computing tides/currents at subordinate tide/current stations as well as
fixed a problem that would result in erroneous predictions with some tide stations. Our predictions should now closely
match NOAA predictions in all cases.
- Chart edition: 25 Mar 2009
Version 1.5.0 (Apr 3, 2009)
- New Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) instrument. This instrument is normally only found in aircraft! To see
the instrument press the "PAGE" button. The instrument shows in a graphical manner your vessel's heading (red arrow) as
well as the desired track and cross track error (yellow arrow) when navigating to a waypoint.
During waypoint
navigation, try to keep the body of the yellow arrow centered. If the arrow body is moving to the left of its head you
are deviating from your course to the right. If the arrow body is moving to the right of its head you are deviating from
your course to the left. The yellow dots show how far you have deviated from your course; each dot is 0.2M of deviation
with the default "maximum HSI deflection" (this can be changed in the Settings View).
- New waypoints can now be
inserted without starting waypoint navigation. Tap on the "Save and Goto" button if you want the original behavior.
- Chart edition: 25 Mar 2009
Version 1.4.0 (Feb 23, 2009)
This release brings a number of major and minor improvements:
- Magnetic tracks, bearings, etc: Now you can switch between true and magnetic degrees for navigation. The builtin
magnetic model allows us to accurately compute magnetic variation for any place and year.
- Vessel's past track:
The vessel's track for the past 12 hours is now maintained. [Please note: the application must be running to properly
track a vessel's location.]
- Main Chart View: A number of visual improvements have been introduced.
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Tide/Current View: Various improvements visual and otherwise. Try dragging your finger on one!
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Information/Settings View: Updated with ETE (Estimated Time Enroute) instrument. Also there is now a separate "Settings"
View.
- Waypoint names can now be up to 15 characters.
- Chart edition: 06 Jan 2009
Version 1.3.1 (Jan 14, 2009)
This release brings:
- Currents for select locations in the US. You can access current information by simply
tapping on the chart in areas where currents are available!
- New tide harmonics data for 2009.
- New chart
edition: 06 Jan 2009
Version 1.3.0 (Dec 12, 2008)
This release brings new features often requested by our users:
- "Ruler" tool for measuring distance/bearing
between any two points.
- Select soundings are now shown up to a scale of 1:160000.
- Instruments: DTK
(Desired TracK), XTE (Cross-Track Error), VMG (Velocity Made Good)
- Ability to lock the chart orientation to the
vessel's track. [Make sure that the "lock north up" button is off for this to work.]
- Improved chart display
during move/scale/rotate operations.
- Chart Edition: 14 Nov 2008
- More features coming soon!
Version 1.2.0 (Nov 21, 2008)
- Now includes tides for reference and subordinate stations in your region! Access tides by clicking on a tide
station on the main chart view or press the "tides" button in the toolbar to search for tide stations.
- Vessel
speed and track.
- Chart Edition: 14 Nov 2008
- More features coming soon!
Version 1.1.0 (Oct 21, 2008)
- Add, edit and delete waypoints. [Hold finger over chart to add a new waypoint.]
- Goto waypoints with
distance and bearing.
- Choose between "Meters" and "Feet" for soundings.
- Choose between "Day" and "Night"
color schemes for your main chart display.
- Ability to "Lock North Up" and disallow chart rotation.
- Chart
Edition: 22 Sep 2008
- More features coming soon!
Version 1.0.0 (Oct 1, 2008)
Version 2.0.1 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
This minor update (2.0.1) fixes some additional iPhone OS 3.0 compatibility issues (including an issue with the blue chevron button in the waypoints view).
Additionally our 2.0.0 update brought you these features:
- Access to NDBC weather stations so that you can see
current weather conditions around you. Tap on the search bar to access this functionality. [Please note: this feature
requires an Internet connection.]
- Improved search and bookmarking system. Search using different filters,
bookmark searches, find nearest tide/current/weather stations, etc.
- Chart Edition: Jun 3, 2009
