i-Boating now supports Auto Pilot

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

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

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

ENC Charts for inland lakes in Europe

We have recently over 3000 HD contour maps for inland lakes in Europe. The new vector lake maps cover parts of England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Finland more. We have prioritized the lakes requested by our customers.

Over the upcoming months we will be adding more vector lake maps covering Europe. If you do not see your lake, please let us know.

I have included below a few links to recently added loughs.

• Lower Lough Erne
• Lac Bodensee

HD depth map for Lake Havasu

The largest lake depth maps database for US & Canada now includes HD bathymetry for Lake Havasu as well as Lake Mohave.

• Lake Havasu Depth Map

Lake Havasu and Lake Mohave depth charts are available for download on iOS, Android , Windows and MacBook.