I could hand edit GPX files but that's stupid.
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I really like Garmin Homeport for managing waypoint "sets" - load and unload the unit with them. Maybe at some point it will come together to be one app for all.
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The Navionics app will remain a product for Garmin - to support other manufacturers mapping needs. It gets the software upgrade done but it isn't easy to manage waypoints. The little bit I have used the Navionics app I do like it. What I have is good enough for my purposes assuming it still works. It may still work since shaded relief is a additional type of chart. The VUS010R I have for Florida gave me shaded relief for FL. I would have to assume that installing Navionics replaces Blucharts. On the video you only have one choice of charts for Navigation or Fishing. I'll probably do this just not sure when.Īlso not clear how you replace your Bluecharts with Navionics. The $199 Garmin Navionics+ NSUS001L will give you all the US base maps and Bahamas like the Bluecharts that are pre-loaded. I don't want to pay $250 for nothing useful.Ĭlick to expand.Yep. I'd love to play around with the Vision US East NVUS007R.īut I want to see it for real. Right now if I use it in the bay I would have to load up my G3 Coastal from my 265. I just put an Echomap wit G3 Lakes on a 16 ft lake boat. I guess THEY don't know how much a renewal is. In new chart offerings there is no more G3.Īlso noticed that the navionics+ has a US Coastal AND Lakes version in one. Then there's G3 Vision.That became Garmin Navionics Vision I also saw that its still possible to get G3 updates, but for how long? That implies they made the blend and thats it going forward.Īlso means that if West Marine puts a new model on display it will have Garmin Navionics+ and we can play. I just noticed on the Garmin site that new mfds don't offer G3 or Navionics, they offer Garmin Navionics+. It could easily be a complete navigation tool but that would compete with their plotters so is unlikely.I was looking at it (screen shots not actually using one)and decided I liked the look of G3 (because Im used to it) and the change wasn't worth $200 to me. It hasn't developed much and I do not think it will. My other concern is that despite being a big Garmin fan, I do not think this software is important to them and I can see them ditching it. I just do one where I want to go and them do another when I reach the first etc.įrom a planning standpoint it is a lot easier on an ipad which is what I now use. No point in putting in lots of waypoints as I prefer to adapt my plan to wind and tide and with our Garmin plotters we just point and click anyway, so who cares about lots of waypoints. They say no plan for battle ever lasts beyond the first few seconds of engagement with the enemy, and I feel the same way with passage plans. It is possible to transfer waypoints, but to me that is of little value. The charts aren't actually transferred as far as I recall - its just that you use a card reader to display them, so you have to remember to take the card back to the boat.
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Yes, it is nice to be able to see the same charts as you see on your plotter, but I have stopped using it.