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Australia ENC charts/vector coverage now available.

We are pleased to announce that we now offer complete coverage of the coast of Australia derived from  ENCs published by Australian Hydrographic Office.  The folio is now available on all platforms inlcuding Windows PCs/Tablets, iOS (iPhone & iPads), Android (Both Phone & Tablets) and Windows Phones. Arafura Sea Australian Antarctic Territory Bass Strait Bismarck Sea Coral Sea Great Barrier Reef Gulf of Carpentaria Indian Ocean Indonesia / Papua New Guinea New South Wales Northern Territory Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea > North East Coast Port Phillip Queensland Queensland > Great Barrier Reef Queensland > Gulf of Carpentaria Solomon Sea South Australia South Australia > Gulf St Vincent South Australia > Spencer Gulf Southern Ocean South Pacific Ocean Tasmania Tasman Sea Timor Sea Victoria Victoria > Port Phillip Western Australia Western Australia > West Coast

Ukraine (Black Sea) coverage now available.

We are pleased to announce that we now have detailed coverage of Ukraine(Black Sea) coast available. More details are available at the link below: Ukraine(Black Sea) Marine Charts Folio

AIS(Automatic Identification System) Tracking now available for Android devices

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i-Boating client for Android now supports AIS(Automatic Identification System) target display on the map.  i-Boating User Guide for AIS The main features in this update are: Connect to AIS receiver over TCP (NMEA over TCP) Automatic target ageing Color coded AIS targets Tap on target to view more details (ETA, MMSI, IMO Number, Report Age etc.)

SonarPhone Fish Finder/Depth Finder now available in i-Boating app

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We have worked very closely with Vexilar, a leading marine electronics company to add support for SonarPhones. Using this Sonar/GPS combo, i­Boating app users will have incredible insight into their fishing spot, what the underwater structure is like and where the monsters are swimming. i-Boating user guide for SonarPhone Connect Multiple Devices, each with customized Sonar Displays Multiple devices running i­Boating app can connect to the same SonarPhoneTM, with individually customized Sonar displays. Each i­Boating client can customize the following even if they are connected to the same SonarPhoneTM. Background (Blue, Greyscale or White) Temperature unit (Celsius or Farenheit) Depth unit (Feet or metre) Chart Speed Fish Symbols/Depth Keel offset Temperature offset Fish Alarm Depth Alarm Auto Follow with Real Time Track Overlay An adjustable height split screen enables you to look at realtime depth and water temperature along with yourlocation on the map. In S...

External Bluetooth GPS with Windows tablets (Surface Pro, Surface RT, Surface Book etc.)

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We've recently added support for external bluetooth GPS receivers for Windows device. Step by step instructions, details, supported device are available at the following page on our website. Guide to using External bluetooth GPS with windows tablets We have tested on a variety of devices incl. using an Android phone as bluetooth GPS provide for a Toshiba laptop running Windows 8.1. Please do verify with your bluetooth device to be sure that it works.

i-Boating localized to multiple languages

We've recently translated i-Boating to multiple languages.  Localized version of the app is already available for Android. The localized version for  iOS will become available as soon as it is approved by Apple. Here is a list of languages in which the app is now available. German Dutch Finnish Norwegian English 

Finland and Norway marine charts and lakes are now available.

We are pleased to announce the availability of   Finland and Norway marine charts and lakes in i-Boating.  The coverage is derived from vector data and updated regularly, using updates provided via collaboration with Finnish and Norwegian Hydrographic offices. For Finland the coverage also includes bathymetry/depth maps of inland lakes. i-Boating Android i-Boating iOS Coverage for Windows platform will be added in upcoming week.