Nautical charts for Netherlands, Belgium and Iceland

We are pleased to announce the release of nautical charts covering the following regions:

• Netherlands
• Belgium 
• Iceland

The chart folios are available for all  Blackberry & Android phone/tablets. 

We do special processing to create chart bundles that merge RNC chart data available across multiple scales to a single bundle. The object layers available in equivalent ENCs are also available as layers for the same chart and are searchable.

If we have missed out the chart you are looking for, please do let us know.

Android Marine Charts App

We are pleased to announce the release of Nautical Charts App for Android.  The Android app supports all devices running OS 1.5 or higher. The marine chart app also works on Amazon Kindle.

You can download the marine chart app by going to the following link in your Android phone.

http://gpsnauticalcharts.com/main/natuical-charts-app-software

The marine chart app provides full coverage for all NOAA charts covering US and all UKHO/Admiralty charts covering UK.
The complete list of charts supported by the app is available at the link below.

• US nautical charts coverage 
• UK nautical charts coverage

A complete list of  supported features of   marine charts app for Android and Blackberry is available  here.  Feel free to drop us a line for any feature requests, comments.

Topo App for Android

We are pleased to announced that we've released a version of TopoSports for Android. The Android app supports all Android devices running OS version 1.5 and higher. The app also works on Amazon Kindle.

You can download the app by going to the following link in your Android phone.

http://www.toposports.com/main/software

A complete list of supported features is available at this link. Please feel free to  drop us a line for any feature requests, comments.

A brief summary of supported features is included below:

• Download topo maps of any quad  in US , Canada and New Zealand for offline usage.
• Seamless mosaicing of quad    
• Distance/Bearing tool
• Create custom way points
• POI layer for each quad
• Search POIs/Way points
• Pan/zoom/locate yourself
• Record GPS tracks
•  View tracks overlay
• Live track animation
•  Track analytics/stats
•  Export tracks in GPX format.
• Auto Follow Mode
• Import Manager 

The screenshots for  Android  Topo App are available on our facebook page.

Mt Buller Ski Resort now supported by Gps Ski Maps

We are pleased to announce that we've added support for Mt Buller ski resort in Gps Ski App for 2012-13 ski season.  Gps Ski App covering ski resorts in Argentina and Chile is also now available in the app.

If your resort is not supported or if you've any other questions, please drop us a line.

Nautical Chars HD for Playbook is now available.

We are pleased to announce the release of Nautical Charts HD for Blackberry Playbook.
The marine charts app for playbook is available both for US as well as UK. We are working on adding support for other regions.
Included below are the links to download the app directly from AppWorld.

• US Nautical Charts HD for Playbook
• UK Nautical Charts HD for Playbook

The playbook version has the following features, which are not currently available on the phone version:

1.) Import Manger: This provides the ability to import GPX and KML route/tracks. We will make this feature available on the phone version as well.

2.) Course up in Auto Folllow mode: On playbook, the chart automatically rotates in Auto Follow mode so that its always aligned course up. Blackberry OS for phones does not expose the APIs to efficiently support this on phones.

Please do check that the app covers the marine charts in your region.

• US Marine Charts Folio
• UK Marine Chart Folio

For any questions, feature requests, enhancements, feel free to drop us a line.

Topo Sports HD for Playbook now available.

We are pleased to announce the release of TopoSports HD for Playbook. The app supports all the features that the blackberry phone version of the app supports. In addition to that, for Playbook, in auto follow mode, the map automatically rotates so that its always facing course up.

Here is the link to download the app directly from AppWorld.

http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/105997/?lang=EN

TopoSports HD for Playbook, offers fully offline, GPS accurate, high quality Topo maps covering entire USA(Alaska coming soon),  Canada & New Zealand (NEW!!) for outdoor sports enthusiasts - bikers, hikers etc.  The app gives you access to 70000+ quads that cover almost all of USA, Canada & New Zealand. US data is derived from USGS 1:24K DRGs . Canada data is derived from NRCan 1:50K Toporama  DRGs.  New Zealand data is derived from 1:50K DRGs published by LINZ. The app also provides offline access to Geographic Names data for downloaded quads imported from GNIS/NRCan/LINZ.

Here is a complete list of features supported in the app:

• Download topo maps of any quad  in USA/Canada/New Zealand for offline usage.
•  Download 1:24K scale maps for US. For Canada & New Zealand the maps have 1:50K scale.
•  Seamless mosaicing of quads
•  Distance/Bearing tool
•  Create custom way points either using your current location or via manual selection.
•  Geographic names layer for each quad
•  Pan/zoom/locate yourself
•  Record GPS tracks
•  Supports built in GPS. Currently the Recording of GPS tracks works only while Playbook device screen is on/ device is not sleeping.
•   View tracks overlay
•   Live track animation
•  Track analytics/stats
•   Export tracks in GPX format to SDCard.
•   Import routes and waypoints from file/web.
•  Auto Follow mode
•  The app continuously updates your location on the map in auto follow mode.
•  The map automatically rotates so that it is always facing course up.

Nautical charts app updated with Admiralty charts covering UK waters.

We are pleased to announce an update to Gps Nautical Charts. The new version adds supports for UKHO charts covering UK waters.

The UK version includes fully offline GPS accurate UKHO RNCs® along with POI layers created from UKHO ENCs® covering entire UK (other European regions coming soon). We do special processing to create chart bundles that merge RNC chart data available across multiple scales to a single bundle. The object layers available in equivalent ENCs are also available as layers for the same chart and are searchable.

A complete folio of available charts can be seen here. The UK charts are divided into the following folios for ease of download.

• BRISTOL CHANNEL & SOUTH IRELAND
• ENGLAND S COAST & SCILLIES
• IRELAND W C-KENMARE R-FORELAND
• IRISH SEA
• N&E SCOTLAND-LEWIS-FORTH-N ISLES
• NORTH SEA-FORTH-THAMES ENTRANCE
• SCOTLAND KINTYRE-LOCH BROOM
• THAMES-MEDWAY & APPROACHES
• OTHERS

If we have missed out the chart you are looking for, please do let us know.