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I know from past experience that the AC shoaling warnings are often redundant and/or quite outdated, and the difficulty of using so many while also negotiating the skinny NJ ICW made me wish AC had pro editors.Īdvanced vector chart controls, with ZoC’s! Now in this case, an AC captain also referenced the (original) LNM - and it’s quite nice that some other AC contributors reported on how well the added green can keep you in deep water, as it did for me this morning - but in my experience, AC Hazard info is pretty hit and miss.įor example, if I end up having to run some of the New Jersey ICW, it will be interesting to see if the few (but edited) WG Nav Alerts actually outperform AC’s way-too-many Hazard markers (you’ll have to pan/zoom the AC Livemap to Atlantic City, as it doesn’t seem to support location links anymore). I like the distinctive WG Nav Alert icon, and especially appreciate the Local Notice to Mariner’s detail that was entered by a professional editor, who also recently updated it.

EBL (Electronic Bearing Line) mobile line to know course and distance between two points or between the boat and a point on the chart.The four SEAiq iPad screens above show how the publication WaterGuide and the crowdsourced ActiveCaptain Community each handle a shoaling situation along the main channel into Norfolk’s Willoughby Bay (where Gizmo and I are waiting out a sou’west blow). ( ³) VRM (Variable Range Marker) draws a distance circle around the boat (or an object) to assess the distance of all objects falling within this circle. ( ²) The definitions of all these acronyms are in the Glossary. ( ¹) La terminaison « iq » pour « intelligence quotient », par exemple « intelligence à la mer ». Having, SEAiq is for me a happy discovery, a big congratulations to the designer. The first thing to do, before starting with such an application, is to visit the site ChartWorld and explore the extensive catalog of ENC and prices.

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In addition, to cover a large trip, le nombre de « cellules » à acheter pour disposer des cartes générales aux cartes les plus détaillées peut représenter un budget conséquent. However, we must be aware that the ENC does not cover in detail all parts of the world, and comparisons made in several areas of the globe with Navionics show a lack of details as you move away from the main routes and areas frequented by merchant shipping ( ⁴). No wonder an advanced version is offered to professional pilots. It is such an application we will find on the navigation room of merchant ships. For those sailing in the Pacific Ocean, the application allows the passage of the International Date Line, that does not iNavX with Navionics. SummaryĪs you can see from this quick lookup SEAiq is a rather reserved application for leasure boaters, professional or experienced, who wish to have a formal charting can be updated.

Access to the global tides app AyeTides (as iNavX) to display tide stations nearby.Īnd I certainly have forgotten something.The information is displayed ActiveCaptain point to access all the data from the collaborative network. SEAiq Pilot : Open version with advanced functions for coastal, harbour and river pilots ($200).

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We can test this version for free for a week (can reinstall repeatedly) before unlocking the Premium option by purchasing in-app (18 €).

SEAiq Open : the standard version supporting ENC charts already mentioned, Inland ENC, CM93, raster charts BSB / KAP (MapTech) and with all the premium features.

Free SEAiq can test SEAiq USA version before buying, and unlock all features through purchase in-app (9 €).

SEAiq USA and SEAiq Free : reserved for American boaters can automatically download the RNC and ENC charts from NOAA ( ²) that, it bears repeating, are universally free.

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With information database included in these charts, and update systems, SEAiq transforms the iPad into a true ECDIS ( ²) professionnal. SEAiq Open ( ¹) is the only application on iPad / iPhone for using vector charts ENC IHO official standards S-52, S-57 and S-63. Its developer, Mark Hayden, is a Californian computer engineer living a good part of his time with his family or alone around the world aboard his Super Maramu, happy man. SEAiq was posted on the AppStore in April 2012.

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I sincerely thank him ! As it is never too late to do, some exchanges with the developer helped me install this application on my iPad with all its options. A few days before going on a long trip from Toulon to Noumea, My friend Christophe Mahé introduced me to this application that I had gone unnoticed.