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Can anyone recommend a handheld GPS?

Last Cowes Week I used an iPad for navigation but found it not being daylight-viewable a problem.

Any thoughts?

Andy

I moved recently to Mac from PC where I was using a USB GPS from Navibe: GM720.

I'd like to reuse it and try to make the connection with MACENC (I'm still running the demo release)... but so far I've been quite unseccful and I must admit a bit lost...

Does anybody know where I could find the proper driver for this device and make it usable with MACENC ?

Thanks.

Which version of the iPad has a true built-in GPS, as opposed to the "triangulation from cell tower" stuff?

Bill

Is there an app I've missed that provides access to the noaa marine weather forecasts? On my Mac I've used the Weatherunderground's website graphical access to that data, but their website crashes Safari on the ipad. I've found no alternative short of going directly to noaa's less user friendly website.

Scot

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I need to re-install the usb-serial driver for a Globalsat BU-353 antenna. Using the download from GPSNavX the installer complains that I cannot install v. 1.21 on my disk because a "newer version exists on the disk".

I've been through /System/Library/Receipts and there is nothing there; unloaded and removed the .kext file in Extensions; removed all versions of the driver from my HD - restarted, no joy.

Anyone have pointers about how to override or fix this?

MBPro 2006
10.6.5 & 10.6.6

Claiming iPad compatibility, but not sure how this really works ..

http://www.mfi.gns-gmbh.com/

Hello Boaters,
I like to inform you that the iPhone/iPad/iPad Touch App [url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nmearemote/id412806204?mt=8&uo=4" target="itunes_store]NMEAremote [/url] has just released on iTunes.

Regards

Michael Zapf

The new OS X App Store is open but no MacENC on there.

Is it going on?

Andy

An iPad version of the "SailTimer" app is now available. SailTimer ™ is a quick and easy way to display the optimal tacking angles to get to your waypoint fastest.

GPS chartplotters do not give correct ETA for sailboats, since they do not account for the tacking distances. If they do not know the correct distances you will sail, how can they give a correct ETA? SailTimer solves this problem (patent pending), quickly showing you the optimal tacking angles and how long it will take to arrive.

The 3G version of the iPad contains a good-quality GPS receiver (which seems more sensitive than the iPhone's). You can buy it without the sim card to avoid data and subscription fees. SailTimer will also run on the wifi version of the iPad, although you need to enter your current location manually.

For seeing overlays of the optimal tacking headings on Google Maps, you need an internet connection (which means having an iPad with a sim card). But we are working on alternatives, and it is likely that there will be a future update to the app so that you can store hydrographic charts to see overlays of the optimal tacking routes without a live internet connection. But even without an internet connection on an iPhone or iPad 3G, you can still get optimal tacking angles and see a large speed and heading display in the app while under sail (as in screenshots 2, 3 & 4 below).

The iTunes link to the SailTimer app is at: www.IndepthNavigation.com along with some demo clips from YouTube showing how to use the app.



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