iSailGPS : NOAA USA RNC Charts

iSailGPS : NOAA USA RNC Charts

By James Associates Inc.

  • Category: Navigation
  • Release Date: 2011-04-29
  • Current Version: 9.4.5
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 10.13 MB
  • Developer: James Associates Inc.
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 12.0
Score: 3.84375
3.84375
From 64 Ratings

Description

Unleash the navigation potential of your iPhone or iPad with SailGPS! Turn your device into a high-performance GPS receiver with USA NOAA Raster Nautical Charts, even without a cell signal! Rated “Best Choice — Excellent” by Practical-Sailor.com Caught in a storm on the water and your chart plotter fails? Don't worry! Download this app now and regain full navigation capabilities to safely return to port. Better yet, buy iSailGPS today ensuring you're prepared for any situation, even in areas with no cell service. iSailGPS eliminates sign-ups, ads, subscriptions and in-app purchases, making it more affordable, hassle-free & respectful of your privacy. Unrivaled Features to Enhance Your Journey: TRACKS, WAYPOINTS & ROUTES Record tracks as you sail, even in the background. View them on the chart and in a Speed & Course Over Ground graph. Mark waypoints precisely using topo or satellite maps, place names or addresses, geotagged photos, or by projecting from a known point. Set a quick GoTo waypoint or a full route and see the course (COG), heading (HDG), bearing (BRG), direction, distance, cross track error (XTE), Velocity Made Good (VMG) and Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) at your destination and intermediate points. Perfect for racing enthusiasts. In a Man Overboard (MOB) emergency a single button press marks your current position & starts navigating to it. Create customized routes using waypoints, recorded tracks, or imported GPX, KML or TCX files. Advanced route editing. Send GPX and KML waypoint, route, track and map list files via AirDrop, eMail, Messages, or iCloud Drive. View the sun & moon position, rise times & set times for any date & place on earth. Send data to other apps such as Google Earth. USA NOAA RASTER NAUTICAL CHARTS Access to all NOAA RNC Charts for USA waters with no extra charge. Download using WiFi or cell service. Our chart files are optimized to download faster & use less storage memory. Store up to 2200 charts to use anytime at sea without cell service. Stitches charts & automatically switches between downloaded charts as you sail. Choose detailed or overview charts. Print & Share chart images overlaid with waypoints, routes & tracks. Measure distance & direction between any 2 points. NOAA charts don't include most inland rivers & small lakes. Use our iHikeGPS app for these. HOW TOS Tap Help in the app. Online Manual: isailgps.com Email developer: [email protected] RASTER CHARTS VS. VECTOR CHARTS The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration provides both RNC (raster) & ENC (vector) charts. The great advantage of the high resolution RNC charts used by iSailGPS is the high level of detail produced by professional cartographers that is unobtainable on any vector-based chart. ENC Vector Charts only show a coastline, water depth, navigation aids & minimal details. These RNC Charts differ from vector charts in that each chart covers a specific area, just as paper nautical charts do. Switches automatically to a new chart when your boat leaves the area covered by the previous chart. For most locations, there are multiple charts at different scales with different levels of detail & areas of coverage. Paper charts can have multiple panels, each showing a different area or scale. Each digital panel is individually displayed by iSailGPS with a north-up orientation. Other more expensive marine software uses these same RNC charts. iSail GPS is priced to make it readily available to all boating enthusiasts. Winner of the Practical Sailor Editors’ Choice Award. DEVICE REQUIREMENTS Use iSailGPS on any iOS device even if you don't have a cellular data plan for it. iPhones & WiFi+cellular iPads support full navigation. For WiFi-only iPads & iPod touch, an iOS-compatible external GPS receiver is required to show your location on the water & record tracks. However, you can view charts using the iOS device alone. Discover a safer and more enjoyable sailing experience with iSailGPS!

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Reviews

  • Finestkind!

    5
    By Trebor2563
    Tracking and data viewing and export are excellent. NOAA chart integration is perfect. Highly recommended.
  • The Perfect Combo

    5
    By Jon Gus
    iSail is the perfect combination of gps tracking tech and time honored and trusted NOAA charts. Easy interface allows for quick waypoint and route creation, and accurate speed over ground, course over ground, and location tracking over time. Adding new charts and their upclose inserts from all over the US is quick and intuitive. Highly recommended for day sails and multi-waypoint long distance trips.
  • Works great

    5
    By DaviSco23
    I have been using it for 8 years. Tracked to Bermuda BVI and Florida to Baltimore. Charts are free mine has no subscription
  • Always Impressed

    5
    By SpudV
    After investing a little time to understand this app, I found it to be extremely valuable and accurate. I was won over, when we used it to navigate across the Chesapeake Bay at night. The waypoint marker we were heading to was supposed to be a flashing light but the light was out and we were a little uncertain that we were on course. When we suspected we should be at our destination marker we turned on our spot light and found ourselves perched with the marker on our port quarter. Can’t believe this app is only $7.99.
  • Good simple program

    5
    By martinus1962ssc
    Have tried several programs - this program seems to be the most battery friendly and is a good backup program. Very stable. Main limitation seems to be the app only works w NOAA charts so no international use.
  • Great customer service

    5
    By glb4267
    I couldn’t find the specific chart for the area , Friday Harbor, San Juan islands, Wa. I left a message and he called me back on Sunday afternoon and helped download the chart I needed. Thanks
  • Solid app, and reliable as a backup plotter

    5
    By BHinDLH
    I like how this app uses the straight NOAA raster charts. Also don’t have the login and in app purchase issues that I’ve had with competitors.
  • Can’t beat it

    5
    By gyrogeerloose
    I have used this app on my phone to navigate my sailboat at night from San Diego to Catalina and arrived at Avalon dead on the mark and within five minutes of the predicted ETA. While it’s less convenient than a dedicated chart plotter, it gets the job for a fraction of the price.
  • Great app!

    5
    By Howkola1
    I love this app! It gives me exactly the info I need when racing or just sailing. I’ve set waypoints for all the government and private buoys we use to set our race course. Then all I have to do is create a route by choosing the waypoints to be used for that day’s race. Then I have SOG and bearing and VMG to each mark and more. Amazing! The learning curve is a bit steep, but well worth it. And if I have questions, the developer is super-quick to respond. Highly recommended.
  • Thought this would work for lakes in my area but wrong!!

    1
    By inland boater
    I bought this to use on lakes that I boat on but to my dismay none of the lakes have charts that I could find so this app is totally worthless to me. I guess it’s only for boating on the ocean or coastal areas.

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