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Full disclosure: Aqua Map gave me the charts for free so that I could test out the app and review it.

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I downloaded the app plus the US and Bahamas charts to my iPad and then started exploring all the information that I had at my fingertips.

GARMIN HOMEPORT NMEA DEVICES UPDATE

I don’t know about other charts, but Garmin only gives you one free update of their charts.

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You can download updates to any charts you own for free - and yes, if you purchased “forever” charts, you can updated them year after year with no extra fee. If chart tiles that you previously downloaded are updated, you can see this as a badge on the Download Charts icon. You do not need an internet connection except when you are downloading charts. Chart areas can be deleted once you pass out of an area and then re-downloaded once you return (helpful for conserving storage space if you’re doing the Great Loop, say).

You can choose what areas of your purchased charts you want to download, so you do not have to take up storage space for charts you’ll never use (for example, I downloaded only charts for southern Florida, not the entire United States). The one-year charts are actually subscriptions so be sure to turn off the auto-renew before the year is up if you do not want that chart for the following year.Īctive Captain, Waterway Guide and tide info (where available) do not cost extra, nor do you need an Active Captain or Waterway Guide account to view their info. New chart areas are being added constantly.Īs of February 10, 2019, chart prices for the US, Canada, Bahamas and Caribbean are as follows: Location If you are interested in a particular area, you can download the app for free and then go to Settings/Chart Store to see if the charts you want are available. Much of Cuba is included as are most areas of Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

There is one price if you want access to the charts for one year (nice if you’re just transiting an area) and another for “forever” access (nice if you’re in an area more or less permanently).Īqua Map has charts for much of the world, including the US, Canada, Bahamas, Caribbean, and Mexico. USCG Local Notices to Mariners (iOS and Android)Īqua Map’s charts cost less than many other apps and they tell you exactly where the charts come from.USCG Lights List – over 54K lights, buoys and beacon locations updated daily (iOS and Android),.US Army Corps of Engineers Surveys service – invaluable on the ICW and US rivers (iOS and Android).WiFi AIS and NMEA device connection (iOS and Android).Route Explorer 2.0 - Find all hazards, alerts, locks, bridges, marinas, anchorages and fuel stations along your route/track and automatically see time and distance to each (iOS only).When navigating a route, easily jump to the next waypoint and see time to various waypoints further down the route, such as bridges and locksĪqua Map Master, an add-on subscription, is well with the extra money (particularly cruising the US) as it adds:.Satellite image overlay possible when internet is available.Routes and tracks can be shared with other devices (such as a chartplotter) and even other people.Easy-to-understand tide and currents while planning and navigating.

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Simultaneously share charts across 5 devices (iOS and Android may be mixed).

Activate only chart areas currently needed, reducing storage space required on device.

Active Captain and Waterway Guide overlays showing marinas, anchorages and local knowledge – all for free.

Where several chart options exist for a country, they opt to work with the one considered most accurate - for example, they use true Explorer Charts for the Bahamas. Aqua Map BenefitsĪqua Map has clear, easy to see and use chart depictions. If you’re searching for the app, be sure to look for Aqua Map and not Aqua Map s. Chart prices are in the very reasonable range - more on this below and a special 20% discount on popular chart packages. The app itself is free but you have to buy the charts for the area(s) you’re cruising. BackgroundĪqua Map is an Android/IOS app that you can use on a phone or, preferably, a tablet such as an iPad. If you have a NMEA 2000 backbone connected to WiFi (or another WiFi capability), it can show data from an AIS receiver and your other instruments (we overlay AIS but do not have our other instruments connected to WiFi). I use it as on my iPad and find it to be equally as good as (and in some respects better than) our Garmin chartplotter. Whether you are using a tablet as your primary or backup navigation system, it can do everything you want. Aqua Map is, quite simply, the best route-planning and navigation app that I have found.

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