5/26/2023 0 Comments Seaiq free![]() That would be pretty sweet if you could bring it back up over the chart with your route overlaid like it seems you can with VentureFarther. Hit map and you get this which you can pan/zoom/etc…īut to my knowledge you can’t save it for in-chart reference later (though you could obviously save it as a screenshot, etc. Can you save that stuff for offline use in SEAiq? iNavX has something similar when in wifi/cell range – integrating with Google maps. We also use this feature a lot since we are often in poorly charted areas. Seemless integration with VentureFarther for satellite charts – just select an area, push a button and a satellite overlay appears on whatever charts you are using. So, again, it was another reason I drew that conclusion above.ģ. It’s just what colored my opinion.īut to exacerbate that problem, it seems the chart options are very limited (either NOAA or IHO) compared to iNavX which has TONS of options. Maybe this is just an issue with the NOAA ENC charts and not SEAiq. Without the AIS clutter (which you do obviously have control over via the settings in SEAiq) it’s MUCH better – but still not nearly as clear and detailed as what I’m seeing with the Navionics+ charts. …then if you have on AIS names at wider views in SEAiq it really becomes unusable …compare that with the same view in iNavX with Navionics+ vector charts (on the iPad2)… I just wasn’t impressed with the how SEAiq displayed the NOAA ENC charts of the very busy Galveston area we sail (again, on the iPhone which may be part of the problem)… And I’ve been very impressed with their accuracy, readability, etc.ĭo you use the IHO charts for outside US waters? ![]() I use Navionics+, which are vector charts which are updated daily. But, to this issue – and your other post after – iNavX DOES support both raster and vector. ![]() Wow – that’s cool that you can use personally made charts. We stopped upgrading at the last supporting version, so are probably missing other features that have been added since. SEAiq also used to use CM93 charts, but bowed to pressure from CMAP and took out that support. AFAIK, it is the only program on iPad to allow this. This is a very important feature for us – maybe the most important. Uses any and all chart formats, including charts I make from PDF files, Google Earth, and the like. What device are you using for the muxing?Ģ. I assumed there were other options – and see that there are here – but don’t know much about most of what they are listing apart from the Digital Yacht: iAIS. The only device listed in the app for integration is the Vesper Marine XB-8000 – which is listed by them at $799. For instance true and apparent wind and COG/heading can be displayed as vectors from ownship, as well as in instrument gauges/clusters. Complete NMEA integration over wifi (iNavX also) with flexible use of the data. My experience is different than yours, as I find SEAiq the most full-featured app (for us) available.ġ. We have been using SEAiq for years, and have only played with iNavX a bit. Okay – my responses (Colemj’s points are in larger gray letters, my responses are in red below each of them)… I don’t know if their server is slow or what – but it was excruciating. And for some reason it took FOREVER to download these even via WiFi. This was, if I recall, almost 300 charts at. The charts I got with the free trial of SEAiq USA were the NOAA ENC charts. But it was mostly the other implementations that seemed weak to me as I’ll explain below. The IHO official standards charts (S-52, 57, 63…) is definitely a plus. – SEAia Pilot, etc.), so there’s no question it has to have great capabilities. So first let me address the info I found on this (which shaped my opinion) and then what I saw (which made me draw the above conclusion).įirst, I know this app is used by professional mariners (e.g. (Note: I had to do this because SEAiq is only available for iOS 10 which the iPad2 doesn’t support – where iNavX supports both). My newer iPad is at the office so I downloaded the Free SEAiq app (which gives you a trial of the full USA version) on my iPhone8 and that might have been part of the issue in terms of display. I guess I should qualify my comments a bit. Yours is an opinion/viewpoint I definitely respect. ![]() And since Colemj is definitely NOT an idiot – and actually HAS an open mind and TONS of first-hand experience with this stuff – I listen… Colemj then explained why he used and liked it. I’d just said I didn’t think SEAiq was nearly as good as iNavX. Here is a post from Sailnet with my good friend, Colemj, where we are discussing the differences between iNavX and SEAiq. ![]()
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