#Garmin homeport review for free#

Satellite image overlay possible when internet is available.

Routes and tracks can be shared with other devices (such as a chartplotter) and even other people.Easy-to-understand tide and currents while planning and navigating.Simultaneously share charts across 5 devices (iOS and Android may be mixed).Activate only chart areas currently needed, reducing storage space required on device.

#Garmin homeport review for free#

Active Captain and Waterway Guide overlays showing marinas, anchorages and local knowledge – all for free.

Where several chart options exist for a country, they opt to work with the one considered most accurate - for example, they use true Explorer Charts for the Bahamas. Aqua Map BenefitsĪqua Map has clear, easy to see and use chart depictions. If you’re searching for the app, be sure to look for Aqua Map and not Aqua Map s. Chart prices are in the very reasonable range - more on this below and a special 20% discount on popular chart packages. The app itself is free but you have to buy the charts for the area(s) you’re cruising. BackgroundĪqua Map is an Android/IOS app that you can use on a phone or, preferably, a tablet such as an iPad. If you have a NMEA 2000 backbone connected to WiFi (or another WiFi capability), it can show data from an AIS receiver and your other instruments (we overlay AIS but do not have our other instruments connected to WiFi). I use it as on my iPad and find it to be equally as good as (and in some respects better than) our Garmin chartplotter. Whether you are using a tablet as your primary or backup navigation system, it can do everything you want. Aqua Map is, quite simply, the best route-planning and navigation app that I have found.