By Russ, on April 2nd, 2008
ActiveCaptain Mobile for Palm OS was released this month (March 2008). It is a boating-specific application for Palm devices (typically Treo’s and Centro’s). It provides a chart plotter capable of handling thousands of charts at the same time as well as integrates to all of the point-of-interest data from the ActiveCaptain web site.
They provide all US NOAA charts for free with free 6 month updates.
ActiveCaptain has just signed contracts with UKHO for international charts. Because of royalties, they have to charge a small fee to pay for government royalties (but not for updates!). For example, they will be releasing
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By Russ, on April 2nd, 2008
I have had emails from number of people saying that there are heaps of mobile chart plotters out there – but I beg to differ!
There are heaps of mobile chart plotters for the Land but not the Sea
For example even Garmin only cover the Land ….Garmin Mobile XT transforms your GPS-enabled smartphone into a full-featured street navigator. Routing software and detailed mapping are preloaded on a microSD card – just plug it into your phone and you’re ready to navigate – on foot or in your car. With no subscription fee or
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