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Magnify Text & icons in i-Boating

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 i-Boating now supports an option to magnify text and icons. To enable this: Press more/menu button (top right Android, lower right iPhone) Select Settings Check the box/switch (Magnify Text & Icons) Tap Save The following screenshots illustrate this in action. Magnify Text& Icons: i-Boating

ENC Chart for Lake Of Woods

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 We are pleased to inform that we have released a new version of digital / ENC chart covering Lake Of Woods. The new chart includes detailed/HD bathymetry, in addition to navigation buoys, hazards, recommended tracks, lake bottom coverage, submarine cables  and more. Lake of Woods ENC Viewer

i-Boating now supports Auto Pilot

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The i-Boating application for iPhone and Android, now supports Auto Pilot.  When using "Route Assistance" or "Goto WayPoint" in i-Boating, the application can now send AutoPilot NMEA commands to your Auto Pilot over TCP. This is how to enable it on your iPhone or Android. Tap menu/overflow button and select Settings -> NMEA Instrument Settings Check the box that says "Enable Auto Pilot" Either choose the default or change the settings as per your Auto Pilot Docs Tap on Save The next time you use "Goto WayPoint" or "Route Assistance", the application will send  NMEA instructions to your Auto Pilot.

i-Boating Windows Chart plotter Software

The i-Boating PC based marine navigation software is available for all Windows devices running  Windows 7 or higher. The PC chart plotter is designed to work with GPS and AIS sensors over serial port, USB, Bluetooth (compatible serial port driver required) and TCP/IP. Both 64-bit and 32-bit installers for Windows version are available on our website. Windows Chartplotter Software Download

MultiMaps.ru adds wind prediction overlay on i-Boating charts

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We are pleased to announce that our partner multimaps.ru has added support for wind prediction overlay on i-Boating charts. Here is the link to the wind prediction overlay on i-Boating charts website . multimaps.ru  The website is very easy to use. Its multi-lingual. Both Russian and English are supported. There is a drop down to select the date and time of wind prediction overlay. Here are a few screenshots.

Add i-Boating maps to your website.

i-Boating maps web-api allows other companies to display our charts and  HD lake contour maps on their website. The API allows overlaying custom GIS data (line, points, areas) on top of i-Boating nautical charts base map. Check out the SDK examples at the link below. http://gpsnauticalcharts.com/main/sdk-examples.html I've included below a sample application that show lat lon on click.

HD Contour maps for South Carolina Lakes

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We have added support for popular South Carolina Lakes including Lake Marion and Moultrie, Lake Murray, Wateree, Thurmond and more. We have tried to include as many layers as possible including HD contours, buoys, streams etc. Lake Murray Lake Marion Other SC Lakes