In short
USA: NOAA Marine Charts & Lake Maps is an app for Android made by Gps Nautical Charts. It helps to navigate course.
Highlights
Use it often for trip planning and backup system on the water
Great app for keeping track of Mississippi River wing dams
Works great for navigating the course
Intuitive waypoint and course creation
Helps to learn navigation
Works well on my Samsung Galaxy Note II
Best tablet navigation program I have used
Voice alerts are really impressive
Nice to record your passage
Easy to get the charts
I not overlay waypoints even close to their position
Puts my onboard GPS to shame for only 15 bucks
Description
Marine Navigation / Charts App offers access to NOAA & USACE RNC nautical charts with POI data from ENC charts. The app includes 7000+ freshwater lake maps. It supports Marine Charts course up orientation. Includes marine weather data (Tide & Currents data). It has route manager to create new boating routes or import existing GPX/KML routes. Only marine navigation app to have route assistance with Voice Prompts for marine navigation. * Voice Prompts for marine navigation / nautical naviagtion (requires GPS ) -prompts on approaching a boating route marker -Continous distance and ETA updates -Alerts when sailing/boating off route -Alerts when boating in wrong direction Instrumentation √ Marine AIS & (NMEA AIS and GPS over TCP/UDP) √ Wind direction & Speed,Sonar depth,Water temperature ** Question? pl. contact support at gpsnauticalcharts.com / http://www.gpsnauticalcharts.com ** *Route Editing/Creation -Create routes from scratch -Edit GPX/KML routes. -Add custom description to route points. -Drop markers along route. * Offline NOAA charts, USACE rivers, Lake Depth Maps(FreshWater Lakes) -Visual / Text Search -Chart Catalog -Charts reprojected for WGS84 datum * (NEW)FreshWater Lake maps: - 7000+ lake depth charts - Includes boat ramps data - 1ft / 3ft depth contour maps for anglers for selected lake maps. - Selected lake maps also contain fishing hot spots. - Create custom fishing hot spots * Tide & Currents -High / Low tides. -Tidal Currents. -Active currents stations. *Seamless chart quilting of marine charts *Distance Bearing tool *Create custom way points - Using GPS -Select point on map -Manually enter latitude & longitude Custom Background Map √ Satellite imagery, street maps, topo maps & more *Search POIs/Way points *Pan/Zoom/My Location * Record Marine GPS tracks * View tracks overlay * Live track animation * Track analytics/stats * Export GPX trcks to SDCard -Share GPX trakcs with friends/View on Google earth. * Auto Follow Mode (Course up) -Continuously updates boat's location on chart - Adjustable update frequency Sample Nautical Charts (see http://gpsnauticalcharts.com/ for all charts) SUGARLOAF KEY TO KEY WEST PORT RICHEY TAMPA BAY - CLEARWATER HBR EAST BAY TO WEST BAY FLORIDA ST JOSEPH, ST ANDREW BAYS INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY MATECUMBE TO GRASSY KEY CHESAPEAKE BAY CAPE CHARLES TO NORFOLK HARBOR ANCLOTE KEYS TO CRYSTAL RIVER ST JOSEPH SOUND MIAMI HARBOR Minnesota lakes - Kabetogama, Minnetonka, Waconia,Leech,Mille Lacs Lake Keowee,Jocassee,Hartwell,Greenwood,Lake Murray Mark Twain,Ozarks,Table Rock Lake St. Clair Lake Kentucky KEY WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SAN PEDRO CHANNEL LAKE MICHIGAN STONY LAKE TO POINT BETSIE APALACHICOLA BAY TO CAPE SAN BLAS EAST CAPE TO MORMON KEY CAPE HENLOPEN TO INDIAN RIVER INLET CHESAPEAKE BAY CAPE HENRY TO THIMBLE SHOAL LIGHT DULUTH-SUPERIOR HARBOR MONHEGAN ISLAND TO CAPE ELIZABETH LAKE ONTARIO - CLAYTON TO FALSE DUCKS ISL Lake Winnipesaukee SAN FRANCISCO ENTRANCE MIAMI TO MARATHON, FLORIDA BAY CAPE MAY TO FENWICK ISLAND MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO GALVESTON CAPE CANAVERAL TO KEY WEST DELAWARE RIVER WILMINGTON TO PHILADELPHIA FLORIDA KEYS SOMBRERO KEY TO SAND KEY SAN PABLO BAY RAINY LAKE BIG ISLAND MINN TO OAKPOINT ISL ONT INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY - BISCAYNE BAY EVERGLADES NTL PARK - SHARK RVR TO LOSTMANS RVR MIAMI TO MARATHON & FLORIDA BAY BLACKBURN BAY LAKE HURON LAKE TAHOE STRAITS OF MACKINAC NORFOLK HARBOR & ELIZABETH RIVER SAN DIEGO TO SANTA ROSA ISLAND DELAWARE BAY CHOPTANK RIVER CAMBRIDGE TO GREENSBORO FORT LAUDERDALE PORT EVERGLADES ST SIMONS SOUND TO TOLOMATO RIVER CHESAPEAKE DELAWARE CANAL CAPE MENDOCINO STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA ENTRANCE PORT RICHEY CLEARWATER HBR PAMPANO BEACH TO HALLADALE FLORIDA LAKE ERIE LAKE MICHIGAN INCLUDING GREEN BAY MAIMI TO MARATHON and FLORIDA BAY SANTA CATALINA ISLAND APALACHICOLA BAY TO LAKE WIMICO
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