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OpenSeaMap-offline-chartsOpenSeaMap-charts can be used on board even without access to internet - with a chart plotter from Garmin, Lowrance, Simrad, B&G. Together with a navigation program or an app also with an onboard-computer, a notebook, on Android tablet, iPad or Windows tablet. Also with smartphones and some GPS-devices.Lowrance, Simrad, B&GAndroidWorldwide chartCached chart tilesShow GPS-positionAISWaypoint and route navigation GarminGarmin's nautical chart plotters and some handheld devices can use with worldwide coverage. You can save the whole chart of Europe to memory and it takes up only 3.5GB of SD card space. As well as Colorado, Oregon and Dakota can show the nautical chart in this form. Free App for iPad, iPhone, iPod touchWorldwide chartCached chart tilesShow GPS-positionSearch function Windows PC, Notebook, TabletThe is chart plotter and shows the chart togeter with navigation data received by WLAN.

Charts will be stored in the cache and can be used offline later. Additionally we can, for building depth contour lines.Worldwide chartCached chart tilesShow GPS-positionSearch functionWaypoint navigationChart for PC and notebookAdditionally to the chart you need a. Especially suitable is OpenCPN and WinNav. The charts work also with SeaClear, Fugawi, Touratech and many other programs.

Navionics’ daily updates include their crowd-sourced SonarCharts, based on data uploaded by usersPlotter SyncSome new Raymarine plotters with Navionics charts can now be updated straight from a tablet computer via the plotter’s built-in WiFi. You’ll need Navionics+ or Platinum+ (see above) and a Navionics Boating app on your iPad or iPhone. You can then sync chart updates and upload any sonar logs to Navionics’ servers.Garmin BlueChartGarmin have their own proprietary cartography for their range of plottersand offer a range of options for their charts, which include the following.BlueChart g2The basic option. Small, from £99; regular, from £149; large, £199;extra large, from £299.BlueChart g2 VisionTop-end charting, with 3D and satellite views. Small, from £149; regular, from £199; large, from £249.It’s worth noting that on initial purchase you can update the SD card or preloaded chartsto their latest version for free – for the same (or equivalent) region as the original charts. You can do this yourself by downloading a web browser plug-in on your PC and either preparing a microSD/SD card by inserting it into your plotter (assuming it has charts loaded) and then inserting it into a card reader on your computer, or just plugging a preloaded chart card into your PC, whereupon the browser will show you your update options. Discounted updatesYou can update your existing pre-programmed BlueChart g2 and BlueChart g2 Vision microSD/SD card for a discounted price.

Updated charts are for the same (or equivalent) region as the original purchase. One discounted update is allowed, per card, per map version. A BlueChart g2 discounted update costs £49.99, while BlueChart g2 Vision discounted updatescost £94.99 – regardless of size.Older chartsGarmin say that their older charts on cartridge-type flash cards (called Traditional BlueChart) will be discontinued as of December 2014 (these stopped being supplied with new plotters in 2008). Watch this space for information on future support. Garmin’s website is www.garmin.com/mapupdates.C MAPC-Map offer a range of update and upgrade options for their customers. Their charts are updated three times a year.

Their charts fall into the following categories: NT+ (for older plotters) and MAX, MAX Pro and 4D.The coverage is in three categories:Local Area – New chart £118Wide Area – New Chart £195.99Mega Wide Area – New Chart £269.99First of all, identify your chart by the label on the cartridge and note the serial number, which shows the chart’s age. You can then enter it on Jeppesen’s website. With every update the chart’s version number increases by one. The official Jeppesen Marine position is that a chart is out of date when it is two versions old. If you wish to update your charts, you can either update or upgrade – there’s a difference!.

UPDATING allows you to bring one of their chart chips up to date within the same price class or technology. Updating costs roughly half the price of a new chart – in the case of the chip pictured right, that would be £98.80. You’ll need to visit your local dealer so that they can reprogram your card.

UPGRADING means acquiring a higher price class or technology and is cheaper than purchasing a new chart outright, costing £148.80 for the Wide area chip below. As with updating a cartridge, you’ll need to visit a local dealer so that they can reprogram your card.C-Map also offer a subscription ‘club’ service, Club Jeppesen. It offers one free update of a chart per year and reduced prices on additional card updates, discounts on other C-Map products and an extended warranty.

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Membership costs r94.80 (£77.65) per year, which works out much cheaper than a new chart – especially for Wide and Mega Wide areas. Updating the cartography in navigation apps varies between app developersoffer the same cartography as plotters but at a much lower price, but it can be very difficult to find out how often and how to updatethe cartography for chart apps – often ‘updates’ only update the software and not the cartography.Navionics currently offer a year’s subscription to Navionics+ as part of the app download, which gives you access to their daily ‘freshest data’ chart updates for 12 months.

After this you’ll need to pay for a subscription, which costs £23.99 on iPhone and £39.99 on iPad. Other apps vary. Android app MX Mariner gives a year’s free updates with a purchase of its UKHO raster charts – but for the low purchase price of £4.24 for the UK South Coast, a yearly update won’t break the bank.

Imray’s iPad chart app is updated once a year in the spring and these updates are available to owners of the app at ‘a reduced price’. Transas iSailor allows you to download updates to purchased charts for free, and as far as we could find out, that applies for the app’s lifetime. We tested recently – you can read the test online here.PC Navigation SoftwareGenerally, this is updated once a year – the UKHO, which licenses its data, has strict rules on what constitutes an update as opposed to a ‘new edition’., which sells charts for the popular low-cost package SeaClear, offers its customers the chance to update for £6, or to upgrade to a new set of charts by sending back their old DVD of charts for it to be replaced for £20. Other software packages offer similar timescales – Maxsea, for instance, offers customers minor updates for free, but major yearly updates cost 50% off the full price. In practice this means you’ll be paying for updates annually and get other, smaller updates throughout the year.Conclusion:It’s a minefield out there: enough to make you pine for the days of a purple pen and Notices to Mariners!

However, some companies do simplify the process significantly.The easiest to update seem to be tablet nav apps which, with the tablet’s own data connection, make the process very simple. Otherwise, keeping your chart plotter’s digital charts up to date can be an expensive business, which goes some way to explaining the roaring trade in out-of-date chips on eBay.Navionics’ Freshest Data solution, with 12 months’ free updates followed by a subscription, offers the most frequent updates, and their new Plotter Sync, which allows you to use your tablet to update certain Raymarine plotters, sounds very promising.

Similarly, C-Map’s Club Jeppesen offers savings if you have extensive chart coverage and want annual updates. Garmin offers updates for 30-50% off the cost a new card, with upgrades also available at 25% off.The companies have to pay for their R&D and the cost of licensing the charts from various national authorities – but despite the accuracy offered by digital charting, the costs involved may mean that the boating public could be sailing around with charts more out of date than the paper charts we used to use!