i-Boating: Marine Charts & Gps app for iPhone and iPad

4.0 ( 6160 ratings )

Travel Navigation
Developer: Bist LLC

Free

Current version: 91.0.0, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 30 May 2015
App size: 60.88 Mb

This App offers access to Marine Charts for USA,Canada,UK/Ireland,Germany,Netherlands/Holland &
Europe Rivers (Danube,Drava,Rhein etc). Coverage includes NOAA marine vector
charts,freshwater lake maps,USACE inland river maps (HD/1ft/3ft bathymetry
included where available),charts derived from UKHO & CHS data. First marine GPS app to have route assistance with Voice Prompts for marine navigation. You can create new boating routes or import existing GPX/KML routes. It supports Nautical Charts course up orientation. Includes Tide & Currents prediction.

►FEATURES
√ Beautiful & detailed Hardware/GPU accelerated vector charts (text stays upright on rotation)
√ Long press to query the details of Marine object (Buoy,Lights,Obstruction etc).
√ Customizable depth(Ft/Fathom/Meter) & distance units(km/mi/NM)
√ Customizable Shallow Depth.
√ Record tracks,Autofollow with real-time track overlay & predicted path vector.
√ Voice Prompts for marine navigation (requires GPS )
√ 1ft / 3ft depth contour maps for anglers for selected lake maps.
√ Supports GPX/KML for boating route editing/import.
√ Tide & Currents prediction.
√ Seamless chart quilting of marine charts
√ Enter or import Waypoints.

► MAPS
It includes unlimited updates for 1 year.
√USA: The maps include coverage of all NOAA marine vector charts (ENC),USACE inland river maps,freshwater lake maps for more than 7K lakes. The charts include HD/1ft/3ft bathymetry where available.Incl. NOAA raster where ENC not available.
√Canada:Incl. CHS data(incl. major Lakes).
√UK/Ireland: Derived from UKHO charts.
√Australia
√Germany: derived from BSH data
√Europe Inland Rivers:Donau/Dunaja,Rhine,Garonne,Moselle,Drava,Sava,etc
√Norway
√Finland
√Sweden
√Croatia
√Ukraine(Black Sea)
√Caribbean
√New Zealand
√Spain
√Brazil
√Argentina
√Cyprus
√Falklands
√Seychelles& Mauritius
√Denmark
√Malta,Cyprus & S. Mediterranean
√S. China&Malaysia
√South Africa
►ROUTE MANAGEMENT / TRIP PLANNING
√ Create New Route/Edit Existing Routes
√ Move Points
√ Add points to an existing route leg
√ Delete / Rename points
√ Import GPX,KML & KMZ files
√ Plot/Edit Routes
√ Enter Waypoints
√ Share/Export Routes,Tracks&Markers
√ Reverse Routes
►SLIP TO SLIP AUTO ROUTING
►GPS FEATURES
√ Auto Follow
* Real Time Track Overlay
* Predicted Path Vector
* Course Up(Text stays upright)
* Speed & Heading
√ Route Assistance With Voice Prompts
* Prompts when approaching a boating route marker
* Continous distance & ETA updates
* Alerts when sailing/boating off route
* Alerts when boating in wrong direction
√ Record Tracks
►TIDE & CURRENTS
* For US,Canada,UK,Germany & New Zealand
* High/Low Tides
* Tidal Current Prediction
* Active Current Stations
►Instrumentation
√ Marine AIS & (NMEA AIS and GPS over TCP/UDP)
√ Wind direction & Speed,Marine Sonar depth,Water temperature
√ Auto Pilot
► SHARING
* Share tracks/routes/markers on Facebook & Twitter
* Export tracks/routes/markers as GPX files.

SUGARLOAF KEY-KEY WEST
PORT RICHEY TAMPA BAY - CLEARWATER HBR
EAST BAY-WEST BAY FLORIDA
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY MATECUMBE-GRASSY KEY
CHESAPEAKE BAY CAPE CHARLES-NORFOLK HARBOR
ANCLOTE KEYS-CRYSTAL RIVER
ST JOSEPH SOUND
MIAMI HARBOR
Minnesota lakes - Kabetogama,Minnetonka,Waconia,Leech,Mille Lacs
Lake Keowee,Jocassee,Hartwell,Greenwood,Lake Murray
Mark Twain,Ozarks,Table Rock
Lake St.Clair
Lake Kentucky
KEY WEST-THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
SAN PEDRO CHANNEL
LAKE MICHIGAN STONY LAKE-POINT BETSIE
APALACHICOLA BAY-CAPE SAN BLAS
EAST CAPE-MORMON KEY
CAPE HENLOPEN-INDIAN RIVER
CHESAPEAKE BAY CAPE HENRY-THIMBLE SHOAL
DULUTH-SUPERIOR
MONHEGAN ISLAND-CAPE ELIZABETH
ONTARIO - CLAYTON-FALSE DUCKS
Winnipesaukee
MIAMI-MARATHON,FLORIDA
CAPE MAY-FENWICK ISLAND
MISSISSIPPI RIVER-GALVESTON
CAPE CANAVERAL-KEY
DELAWARE RIVER WILMINGTON-PHILADELPHIA
FLORIDA KEYS SOMBRERO KEY-SAND KEY
SAN PABLO BAY
RAINY LAKE BIG ISLAND MINN-OAKPOINT
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY-BISCAYNE BAY
EVERGLADES NTL PARK
HURON
TAHOE
CHESAPEAKE DELAWARE CANAL

BACKGROUND GPS CAN DECREASE BATTERY LIFE

Pros and cons of i-Boating: Marine Charts & Gps app for iPhone and iPad

i-Boating: Marine Charts & Gps app good for

This is the only app I could find that has excellent coverage for Donau and Rhein. Maps are very slick and easy to use. I esp like the arrow with beacon in moving map.

This app has lake Simcoe and all the major lakes on Trent Severn waterway.

This is the only app I could find that includes Grand lake in Nova Scotia. Will upgrade it to five stars if they add support for French.

I am in Canada on the pacific coast and am excited about this app. Not all the tide stations are available, but i understand they are working on adding more. Hopefully Canoe Pass, BC is next - hint,hint. I love that i have offline access to tide tables, current tables and the charts themselves. I will caution that the tide tables are labeled LST/LDT, but do not actually adjust for daylight savings so like most publications, are Local Standard Time - at least in Canada. I have not been far yet, but tried out the track recording in the dinghy. GPS reported position on map correlated well with my perceived position - as one would expect. The developers have been very responsive to my questions.

This app is easy to use. A manual of instructions would be more helpful though.

This app offers seamless ENC maps for Canada and US in the west coast. Maps are very easy to download and use. Works flawlessly with Dual GPS bluetooth receiver.

Some bad moments

and the one I wanted wouldnt down load it picked the quad above what I wanted! so its got bugs I went to a diff app and paid for it! these guys were no help to me. dont waist your time on this app!!!!!

I paid $30 for this app and it doesnt show the maps that I downloaded. The maps are highlighted in green meaning they are downloaded but wont display when I zoom in. Customer support has taken to ignoring my emails and wont provide a refund. Apple support is no better. DONT BUY THIS APP.

One the most expensive apps I have bought. Lots of information for coastal waters but inland waters is severely lacking. The app states Rivers and Lakes, but no river information or even any detail. When you look at the map to choose which areas to download you can see the roads and other details, but when you download the detailed maps all that disappears.

Shows up as a free app, only in a few days tells you that its a "lite" version. To continue with GPS you need to buy various charts. Google will eventually put these people out of business.

As soon as you download it says it is the lite version and that you must buy more maps in order to use

Beware, all these reviews are not from paying customers. Not very intuitive app. Missing lots of fairly large sized lakes.

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