We have iPhone 4S and an iPad2 - so this App works on our iPhones and iPad2 - two Apps for the price of one, so to speak. This App is good for the iPhone 4S and iPad2. I'm a fan of Navimatics Charts&Tides App and have the US&CA West App. only one customer did report the "black" screen issue. Where did you see any more? I have not had that problem, it works fine. There are only two reviews for the current version and only one of them had this problem. I generally had one on close range and the other on "the big picture." They are all tools, and you use what makes the job easier or more efficient.ĭon't forget to look outside the windows and enjoy the beautiful scenery going by, too.Ĭaptain's cat wrote:Barry, you said "customers". Still, if one already has a portable chartplotter (and doesn't feel the need to add an iPad to the mix), that makes a nice addition to the built-in equipment. It does not have the integration that our Raymarine (and the Garmin suite most of the tugs now have) has with radar, depth, autopilot, etc, but as a back-up chartplotter than can also be used for e-mail, web surfing, reading an eBook, Skype, etc, etc, etc, it is a valuable addition for our travels. Want to plan a route that takes you around a lot of islands and channels (such as the recent tug adventure in Desolation Sound)? Point, point, point, point, point - and you have a route laid out on the iPad. ![]() We used to use MacENC for trip planning, but find a laptop as a chartplotter is a little cumbersome. My wife has an iPhone4, and it doesn't acquire the satellites as fast as the iPad, and is not as accurate in positioning as the iPad. I have never connected the iPad to AT&T (the only carrier available for it originally), but there is that as an option if we are in an area where there is no Verizon signal. for what a portable GPS puck or blue tooth GPS would cost, you can have the 3G (now 4G) model. The wifi only model does not have a built-in GPS chip. I bought the 3G model BECAUSE it has a built-in GPS chip. We were an early adopter of the iPad, and I have seen the "does it really have a GPS built-it" discussion over and over, including people (who have never used it) telling me it woudn't work if we were outside of cell coverage. We use the Navionics app, and have updated/upgraded it several times as they offered more coverage areas. ![]() ![]() Two years ago, I retired the Garmin when we started using the iPad as a backup chartplotter. I used a Garmin 176c as a backup chartplotter for years in our C-Dory. To get back to the original poster's question: with all the windows in your tug, you should have NO issue with a portable GPS getting a signal.
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