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Started by John V. G. Mayton Feb 9, 2012. 0 Replies

I have arrived!  My last posting to ActiveCaptain put me over the “points needed” mark for my AC hat.  Now I can retire my old Whitbread cap and wear something much more salty.   Continue

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Comment by Jeffrey Siegel on December 15, 2011 at 1:04pm

There are multiple ways to use ActiveCaptain on iPhone and iPad (we have 3 iPhones and 2 pads onboard).  Navimatics Charts & Tides is a chartplotter app with full ActiveCaptain support integrated.  eSeaCharts too.  Both work well - I tend to use Charts & Tides when we're moving because it allows you to update the data and enter reviews right on the device.

Both apps use ActiveCaptain offline.  When you have an internet connection, essentially the entire website is compressed and downloaded into the phone.  Every detail, every review.  Now when you use it, there's no internet connection needed - it's all offline.  When you get an internet connection again, there's a synchronize/update capability in the app.  That will download only the data that has changed since the last synchronization.  It usually takes about a minute for every week out-of-date.  When we're moving on the ICW, I try to synchronize every night before we leave to get the latest comments on the hazards.

Those are 2 of the applications that our data is integrated in.  There are currently 14 shipping products for PC's, Mac's, iOS, and Android - all implement offline support with synchronization.  There are another 20 being developed right now including a set of incredible apps coming out at the Miami Boat Show (Feb 2012) for iPhone/iPad - I wish I could talk about them!  I think these new apps are going to change everything and especially for international use.

For the iPhone/iPad especially, the apps are so inexpensive that it's not bad to have a couple of them.  It's especially nice to get different types of nautical charts from different data sources.

There are also marine electronics manufacturers who are integrating our data into their chartplotters for offline use.  Much more of that will be coming out in upcoming seasons.

Comment by Chuck Morrell on December 15, 2011 at 12:54pm

Is there a way to use this on my I phone 4s that would show your position ...like a chartplotter?

Comment by Jeffrey Siegel on December 14, 2011 at 4:25pm

What can I say?

I sort of agree!!

Comment by Chuck Morrell on December 14, 2011 at 11:11am

This is very cool!!

 

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