Since version 3.5.5 iNavX displays AIS-SART targets plotted as red icon and label easily identified. A tap on the icon to display text information transmitted by the beacon (position reports). Another improvement that comes to support the spread of AIS for the safety of ships and crews (*).
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Navionics just announced the free upgrade of the Region 3XG that covers the entire Central America, South America, the Greater and Lesser Antilles, to the Bahamas. Maps included in this portfolio are largely updates the date of April 2012.
Unlike years 2010 and 2011, This portfolio is not subject to a new folder Navionics 2012 paying, but a simple free update.
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The company has just introduced ShipModul on its website its new wireless multiplexer, Miniplex-2Wi. This device comes in direct competition to the IMUX Brookhouse, on which I wrote several posts on this blog, but penalized since early 2011 by delivery prohibitive for France.
The Miniples-2Wi only regards boats owners with NMEA 0183 and/or RAYMARINE SeaTalk instruments. For boats with a network [...]
Navionics vector charts contain a number of detailed information for each marina, and sometimes some moorings. These places are marked on charts by the symbol shown against.
These data are called in English "Navaids" when information concerning navigation, and "POIs" when dealing with practical and interesting information (Point Of Interest, call number « s » is the plural).
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Pleasant surprise in the ARC transatlantic 2011.
After transferring pictures from my camera to my iPad, for some reason the memory was saturated. I had yet to 9GB free and I have transferred the contents of an SD-Card 2GB. Mystery !
Still, after two or three system messages informing me of the next saturation, iOS 5 has simply deleted all my [...]
Richard Ray tells us :
I noticed after updating iOS 5 that any charts I had downloaded into iNavX were not restored. This occurred because the iOS 5 update requires a full restore of the device and the charts are not stored in the iOS backup (because of iCloud).Let me know if you see different behavior.
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iNavX offers for a while an "anchor alarm" feature, currently available at the bottom of the application Home page.
This feature was frequently criticized as impractical. iNavX 3.3.0 rectifies the failure in an improvement that makes it particularly clever now fully operational.
The "Anchor Alarm" feature allows to set the radius of a drift circle, with an adjustment from 0,01 MN (19 meters) [...]
In a recent post, I mentioned the possibility of transferring files between a Mac and WiFi iPad Files Connect with the application. This is of course not the only method.
In a forthcoming article, I will discuss the connection of an Iridium with a Mac OS X, to make requests and receive GRIB files in the open sea. As to date it is not possible [...]
For a while Rich Ray was asked to add a feature button "Man overboard" in its applications. Recently, following a new application on the site macsailing.net, he justified his refusal by the following reasons :
Such a button would take up limited/valuable screen real-estate on every screen..
Such a button , with expected behavior, come in [...]
Sun, 20 May 21:17
iNavX 3.5.5 identifies targets AIS-SART. One more step towards the use of AIS for security. http://t.co/WOOEQ8RH
Tue, 15 May 22:03
@Navionics update maps for free folios-43XG 30XG Mediterranean and African-iPad / iPhone / MacENC http://t.co/VQYj7OIF
Sat, 12 May 11:33
@Navionics updates free portfolio maps 3XG South America - Caribbean - Panama pour iPad / iPhone / MacENC http://t.co/VQYj7OIF
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