Nautical Charts & Maps

Name: Nautical Charts & Maps
Rating: 4.64168 (2908 reviews)

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User Reviews for Nautical Charts & Maps

Very cool app!

If you have phone service, you have a chart plotter. I have been using it to plan a return trip to the Pacific Northwest. I like that you can zoom in for fine details. The weather overlays are good for the San Francisco Bay if you want to see what the wind is doing and it is an easy-to-use program unlike some others.

10X, Sep 23, 2018

Superb and Cheap

This app makes the best case yet for electronic media satisfying chart carriage requirements. It’s economical, runs in off-line mode and is updated as frequently as NOAA charts are released. The only conceivable additions for me would be an ability to to place markers and something like the Navionics dividers applet for measuring point-to-point distances. But its pretty good as-is. And for the price....

Bluescroozer, Sep 13, 2019

Complete Waste

I researched numerous different apps and most had expensive subscriptions. This one was a cheaper one time fee of $9. That enticed me and I went for it. After downloading the app and the charts where I fish (St. Lawrence River, one of the bigger rivers in the US) I basically got a Google Map knock off with hardly any charts. Downloaded it for charts and there’s hardly any depth charts. I’m a tech savvy 29 year old and I’ve spent a half hour on this app and it hasn’t gotten better. I don’t feel like I’m missing anything, it’s just not good. But hey, it could be me. And if it is I’m truly sorry for leaving a crappy review

Books123!, Jul 21, 2022

Cheap and Easy

No longer a need to carry the fold ups in the boat. For the price of 2 maps, I’ve got the whole coast. Good use of technology. Really appreciate the ability to download the chart for use outside of cell phone range. Good for weekenders like me who can’t flip the $10k for a name brand monitor assembly. Plus - no ads getting in the way of the data. :-)Developer is responsive to inquiries.

Brian...,, Jul 27, 2019

Pretty good for what it is

Was jet skiing in some costal waterways while on vacation and wanted a way to see the navigation charts with gps over lay for periodic location and depth checks. Did well. The one feature that would be nice is to have a find location button to make finding your location when opening the app easier. Otherwise get the intended job done well for a reasonable price.

BubbaPhattt, Jul 12, 2019

Disappointing

So I have a paper chart on my phone, I believe that these are open source charts, so anyone can download them and share them. My problem with the app, isn’t about the money, it’s the fact that you cannot navigate using this app, the interface between the charts and true gps data is very inaccurate, sometimes off by over a half a mile. That makes it dangerous at best. And you can’t really navigate from a digital chart either, because you can’t lay a compass over your phone, so ,,, hmmm, it really needs work. The overland mapping by Gaia is spot on, even in the mountains, to within +- 10 yards, maybe even better.

dangerseeker1, Aug 21, 2019

Terrible for boats under 10ft draft, great for big boats

The maps are wonderful where they work the problem is that there isn’t really any coverage under about 10ft of depth so if you are in a river with sand bars or even a local lake that’s 200ft deep but has some 5ft areas, there’s zero coverage at all. Requested a refund after finding out that some places that are well covered by other apps are 100% missing from this one.

ewizard0990, Jun 11, 2020

Buy this app. Totally worth it

This app is great and hopefully marks the beginning of the end of the 25 year chokehold Garmin and Navionics have held over the boating world. Every American has contributed to the costs of NOAA putting together map databases. And for years the big companies fought to keep the raw data out of the hands of the public. So now it is finally available but predictively difficult to manage downloading and using the RASTER maps. This program does the hard work for you so now you can use all of the NOAA maps for free, forever, for only the cost of this program. It still lacks the ease and functionality of the big players but the app will get better and better as more boaters use it. Really fun for loookingbst digital charts of far away waters without paying extra for more charts. Have fun.

Glide2277, Jul 01, 2019

This Ap Rocks!

Just started using this ap on my IPhone & really like it. Yep, I have GPS chart plotter On the boat but this works it’s just kind of a back up, and today I pulled it out or hiking and island and I had my exact position. Looking at the marina, and has this within 10 feet of the exact position of the boat. Good work!

J. Foster Fanning, Aug 23, 2018

Get it NOW!

If you’re on the fence, jump off and DL this app. It’s better than the description implies. If you have a question about it, email the developer. I did, and got a response within an hour. The app is easily the best $$ you’ll spend today. You will only have to spend it once, no subscription for updates like similar apps. I got this as a backup for my onboard plotter and paper charts.

mycarman, Apr 13, 2019

Description

Main Features Include: + NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) + NOAA Raster Nautical Charts (RNC) + NOAA Weather Map Overlays -- ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION CHARTS -- Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) are vector data sets that support all types of marine navigation. ENC Charts Include: + Buoys, Beacons, Lights, Fog Signals, Radar + Natural and Man-Made Features + Services and Small Craft Facilities + Seabed, Obstructions, Pipelines + Depths, Currents + Port Features + Traffic Routes + Special areas NOAA updates the ENCs for Notice to Mariners on a weekly basis (timing of their availability is not guaranteed). The ENC charts displayed in this app does NOT meet federal chart carriage regulations for regulated vessels. -- RASTER NAUTICAL CHARTS -- NOAA RNC charts are full-color, geo-referenced, digital images of NOAA paper nautical charts.

All maps are available for download. Weekly updates to the RNCs are done on a 'best efforts' basis. The timing of their availability is not guaranteed. Since complete ENC coverage is available in all U.S. waters, vessels required to use ECDIS may NOT navigate with NOAA RNCs. RNCs are approved for use by IMO ECDIS mandated vessels only if adequate ENC data is not available. NOAA RNCs DO NOT meet USCG chart carriage requirements for commercial vessels. NOAA RNC are not intended to meet federal chart carriage regulations published in the Code of Federal Regulations. NOAA makes no representations that the RNC Tile Service or the RNC Tiles provided thereunder meet federal chart carriage regulations. Users should consult the Code of Federal Regulations for current federal chart carriage requirements. -- NOAA WEATHER DATA -- + Weather Radar + Sea Surface Temperature + Significant Wave Height + Wind Speed & Direction + Air Temperature + 12-Hour Rain Probability If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected] Enjoy!