So first let me address the info I found on this (which shaped my opinion) and then what I saw (which made me draw the above conclusion). (Note: I had to do this because SEAiq is only available for iOS 10 which the iPad2 doesn’t support – where iNavX supports both).
#SEAIQ AND ACTIVE CAPTAIN FULL#
My newer iPad is at the office so I downloaded the Free SEAiq app (which gives you a trial of the full USA version) on my iPhone8 and that might have been part of the issue in terms of display. I guess I should qualify my comments a bit. The popular USA-based cruising guide and database has been acquired by the Garmin. Yours is an opinion/viewpoint I definitely respect. And since Colemj is definitely NOT an idiot – and actually HAS an open mind and TONS of first-hand experience with this stuff – I listen… It automatically downloads all charts (both vector and raster) from NOAA and the US Army Corps of Engineers for regions of USA you select. Colemj then explained why he used and liked it. SEAiq Free is a full-featured marine navigation app. Digital Yacht have some great solutions for boat captains and skippers. I’d just said I didn’t think SEAiq was nearly as good as iNavX. Industry leaders like Panbo and Active Captain are endorsing the campaign. So if you are hard-over on “must have paper charts to be safe”, don’t get on an airplane.Here is a post from Sailnet with my good friend, Colemj, where we are discussing the differences between iNavX and SEAiq. I flew worldwide with the iPad with nary a problem. With the iPad, it was a touch of a button. My iPad took the place of 20 pounds of paper that had to be updated page-by-page weekly. The last several years of that career, there were no paper charts in the cockpit, just two commercial, off-the-shelf iPads that contained all en route and approach charts plus all company manuals. What really convinced me that I could do fine without paper charts is this: Last summer, I concluded a flying career. SEAiq USA charts receive weekly updates as they become available. The Maritime Pilots Institute contractor completed the SEAiq navigation. The biggest difference is that paper charts are out of date before they hit the store shelves. He noted that Captain Niem was very active in the local chapter of the Council. Before jumping on me, SEAiq USA cartography IS the paper charts, just presented on a screen.
Aqua Maps and Navionics charts are updated constantly. Navionics displays Active Captain only, but has an auto routing feature that I have found useful. Aqua Maps displays both Active Captain and Waterway Guides information.
Aqua Maps and Navionics both have proprietary cartography and highly accurate depth information, tide and current information. SEAiq USA gives me paper charts on a screen that change scale as they are zoomed in or out. The apps I use are Aqua Maps, Navionics, and SEAiq USA. Another iPad navigation app, Aqua Map, is planning to do the work necessary to display Active Captain so if SEAiq declines to do. It can supply position information for up to five devices simultaneously. SEAiq also integrates Active Captain data on the chart, but as of May 23rd Garmin is changing the way the data is formatted and, unless SEAiq makes some changes to the program, the Active Captain data wont update.
#SEAIQ AND ACTIVE CAPTAIN BLUETOOTH#
The GPS flaw hasn’t really affected me because I use a Dual 160 Bluetooth GPS for position. In fact, I carry two, one primary, one backup, one cell enabled, one not.
#SEAIQ AND ACTIVE CAPTAIN PRO#
I use an iPad Pro 12.9” because I like the large display.
A caveat for using iPad for navigation apps- the iPad Pro 12.9” cell enabled models have a flaw such that the native GPS is not reliable.
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