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I have a Mac book and have both gpsnavx and macenc , I will be going from san Juan islands to Alaska , which program has best access to canadian charts . I also want to run the laptop at the nave table down below and use an iPad at the helm , should I use inavx and create a network to the laptop ?

I have an idea for a new iPhone/iPad app. I have a technical background, but I don't have the experience to develop iPhone apps. Is there someone who is willing to work with me on this?

Kind regards,
Igor Quik

Managed a few days sailing using the iPad with iNavX as the main 'chartplotter'. So here are a few things that I'd like to see:

Selectable units for depth - metres please, to match my paper charts

AIS - sometimes I wasn't seeing a CPA for some of the AIS targets which had a CPA on MacENC. Was this because MacENC was on all the time (so had calculated a CPA, whereas the iPad wasn't on all the time)? How does iNavX calculate the CPA?

AIS - would be nice to have a list arranged by lowest CPA, then closest. I don't mind if the big ships are close as long as they're ahead of me

AIS - Need to know if the CPA is ahead of, or behind the particular target.

AIS - An alarm for CPA would be good, on an adjustable distance. Give me warning of anything that has a CPA of less than 1nm for instance.

Routes - didn't really get to play with this as we just worked out the course to steer and used the autopilot for that bit.

Currently, I'm working on an embedded device to take in several serial streams and multiplex them out over WiFi for iNavX and MacENC. Then I don't need to have the laptop on all the time. I'll have the device log position so I have my track, speed and wind etc. I can also make it track AIS targets and feed the 'static' information to any new TCP connection to prime things, so to speak. Any other suggestions for this?

Great product - looking forward to future enhancements.

Cheers,
Rick

I am planning to navigate with iPad on an offshore race this weekend, because I can't get my trusty MacBook Air to charge off 12v.

I have replied on MacENC for a few seasons. Any limitations in iNavX I should bear in mind?

Andy

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I need to buy a new handheld GPS. I have a fixed Garmin 126 at the chart table, iNavX on the iPhone 3G and a GU-353 for MacENC on the MacBook. But my old Garmin GPS V II that I used in the cockpit died last week. I want a simple, waterproof/resistant unit to replace it. And as a back up to the GU-353, I would like to get one that will work with MacENC without having to use a Keyspan adaptor. Any suggestions?

I am basically looking for an app that can display the compass bearing in a full screen (or very large) numerical display. Ideally I would download Sailmaster but it is not available in the U.S. according to itunes. I am planning on downloading a similar speedo app but is there is an all in one available in the U.S. that'd be great.

Anything is appreciated.

DigitalYacht have announced the iAIS receiver. It will work with iNavX (and MacENC) wirelessly via WiFi, but also has a USB connection.

http://www.panbo.com/archives/2010/09/di...opers.html

There will also be a free AIS plotting (no marine chart) iOS app for the iAIS.

After upgrading my iBook to a MacPro and OSX.6 last year I found that I cannot download the routes to my old and trusty Garmin GPS48.

The waypoints transfer fine, but the route doesn't show up. I have the settings set to GARMIN in GPSNavX 5.70 and the 48 set to GARMIN/GARMIN HOST mode. This is always the way I've done it for years now.

Today, after much fiddling, I set the GPS48 to G/G REC all UPS sub mode and got it to transfer the route, but only to spot 0. Any further attempts just overwrite that route. At least it's something, as I'm on a week's cruise.

They are connected via a Keyspan connector serial to USB. I suspect something is amiss there.

Thought I'd try a shout out. Rich has tried to help to no avail. - it's all pretty basic and usually it either transfers or not.



Jack