Latest US NOAA Charts update for SeaNav

As part of our regular chart updating the latest set of the US NOAA charts is now available for our SeaNav US apps.

There are over 40 new charts including new detailed coverage for the whole of Lake Champlain in VT (much requested) , Lake Mead and Lake Tahoe in CA, The St Lawrence river up to Brockville in NY and several new approach scale (5) maps for areas in the Great Lakes (MI).

Here is a screenshot of the new Lake Champlain chart around Burlington.

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The full list of new charts is given below with their name, update date and NOAA ENC Chart number:-

Goodnews Bay, 2014-03-31|US4AK84M

San Francisco Bay to Antioch, 2014-06-06|US4CA17M

Gambier Bay, Stephens Passage, 2014-01-02|US5AK0BM

Bay of Pillars and Rowan Bay, Chatham Strait;Washington Bay, Chatham Strait, 2014-05-05|US5AK0FM

Southern Entrances to Sumner Strait, 2014-03-20|US5AK41M

San Christoval Channel to Cape Lynch, 2014-03-18|US5AK44M

Foggy Bay and Ryus Bay, 2014-03-13|US5AK49M

Northern part of Tlevak Strait and Uloa Channel, 2014-03-31|US5AK4DM

N. end of Cordova Bay and Hetta Inlet, 2014-05-08|US5AK4IM

Harbor Charts-Clarence Strait and Behm Canal Dewey Anchorage, Etolin Island;Ratz Harbor, Prince of Wales Island;Naha Bay, Revillagigedo Island;Tolstoi and Thorne Bays, Prince of Wales ls.;Union Bay, Cleveland Peninsula, 2014-05-28|US5AK4OM

Alitak Bay-Cape Alitak to Moser Bay, 2014-04-01|US5AK5MM

Bays and Anchorages, Kodiak Island Karluk Anchorage;Larsen Bay;Uyak Anchorage, 2014-05-27|US5AK5SM

Rockport Landing and Shelter Cove, 2014-03-07|US5CA15M

San Francisco Bay to Antioch, 2014-04-11|US5CA17M

Half Moon Bay, 2014-02-24|US5CA53M

El Segundo and Approaches, 2014-05-15|US5CA59M

Santa Monica Bay;King Harbor2014-04-11, 2014-05-15|US5CA63M

Santa Cruz Channel, 2014-03-27|US5CA66M

Anacapa Passage;Prisoners Harbor, 2014-03-18|US5CA67M

Trinidad Harbor, 2014-02-06|US5CA91M

Albion to Caspar, 2014-01-30|US5CA93M

Cape Mendocino and vicinity, 2014-03-04, 2014-05-22|US5CA95M

Bodega and Tomales Bays;Bodega Harbor, 2014-05-29|US5CA96M

Drakes Bay, 2014-04-17|US5CA97M

Lake Tahoe, 2014-05-12|US5CA98M

Lake Mead, 2014-04-08, 2014-05-27|US5CA99M

Suisun Bay Middle Ground to New York Slough, 2014-01-29|US5CA9AM

Ossabaw and St. Catherines Sounds , 2014-04-10, 2014-06-05|US5GA16M

St Marys River – Vicinity of Neebish Island, 2014-02-10|US5MI50M

Stoneport Harbor and Presque Isle Harbor, 2014-03-04|US5MI66M

South Haven;Port Sheldon;Saugatuck Harbor, 2014-01-30|US5MI89M

Morristown, N.Y. to Butternut, Ont., 2014-01-17|US5NY61M

Butternut Bay, Ont., to Ironsides l., N.Y., 2014-01-17|US5NY62M

Ironsides l., N.Y., to Bingham l., Ont., 2014-01-17|US5NY63M

Gananoque, Ont., to St. Lawrence Park. N.Y., 2014-01-17|US5NY64M

Round I., N.Y., and Gananoque, Ont., to Wolfe I., Ont, 2014-01-29|US5NY65M

Las Mareas, 2014-02-07|US5PR41M

Port Royal Sound and Inland Passages, 2014-04-10|US5SC21M

Riviere Richelieu to South Hero Island, 2014-05-01|US5VT01M

Cumberland Head to Four Brothers Islands, 2014-05-01|US5VT02M

Four Brothers Islands to Barber Point, 2014-05-01|US5VT03M

Barber Point to Whitehall, 2014-05-01|US5VT04M

Burlington Harbor, 2014-05-01|US5VT05M

SeaNav – Marine Charts & Nautical Navigation App for Mac OS X

The newest member of the SeaNav app family brings our acclaimed marine charts to Mac – letting you explore and plan your boating trips on your Mac, then export your route to your iPhone for navigation while at sea – or plug in a GPS unit, and navigate with your laptop and our hi-res vector charts. SeaNav for Mac US has the latest NOAA ENC Digital Vector Marine charts covering the whole of the USA and Great Lakes, SeaNav for Mac UK has the latest UKHO UK and Ireland vector charts. SeaNav for Mac is exclusively available on the Mac App Store.

Includes NOAA US Coastal, Great Lakes and USACE Inland Charts.
Buoys, lights etc. are tappable with bearing and distance.
Seamless fast panning and zooming across charts.
Route Planning and tracking with Waypoints, SOG, COG, ETA etc.
Charts work offline
Route export, import and sharing (KML, share via disk or Dropbox)
Live AIS Ship positions
Share routes and tracks with SeaNav on iPhone and iPad

SeaNav uses the latest Digital Vector charts providing a wealth of benefits and advantages over raster charts. Buoys, Lights, Bridges, Depth Contours, Depth Soundings, Rocks, Anchorage areas, NOAA Weather Buoys etc. are all selectable and have real time distance, bearing and detail information. Turn off layers to de-clutter the display and only show what is important at the time. Tides, moon and sun times and weather are also all available at your fingertips.

SeaNav lets you measure distances and bearings and record waypoints on routes. When at sea, the app’s Sailing HUD shows your position, Course over ground (COG), Speed over ground (SOG), Vector Made Good (VMG), Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA), Distance and bearing to next Waypoint. Waypoint reached alerts, auto-routing to the next waypoint and collision alerts.

SeaNav is also available for iOS, so you can plan a route on your Mac and share the route with your iPhone or iPad – or take your iPhone sailing, then send your track back to your Mac.

Plug in your GPS unit and go – SeaNav works with Bluetooth and serial GPS units, and those which provide location or AIS service via TCP or UDP or TCP, including devices from Lowrance, Simrad and B&G GoFree. But GPS is only required for real time route navigation, you can plan routes without GPS then send them to your iPhone for use while at sea. SeaNav’s optional Real time AIS, Tides and Weather information require an active internet connection.

Your purchase of SeaNav includes 12 months free updates to the included US chart set.

SeaNav for Mac is exclusively available on the Mac App Store.

Navionics Boating (free US NOAA Charts) vs SeaNav

Navionics have launched a new version (7.0) of their Navionics Boating app which now includes free US NOAA vector charts. If you are boating in the US you can now get a well respected and functional marine navigation app on your iPad and iPhone without spending a cent. What are they up to? Why should you go anywhere else? How can they give away a full blown marine navigation app for free? We hope the following comparison and charts around San Francisco can help you decide which route to follow.

Here is the view of San Francisco from SeaNav within a 3 mile radius – the horizon for most leisure boat users (6NM x 6NM square) :-

and the same scale on Navionics Boating with their free NOAA charts :-

What?

We zoomed in and eventually (at three times the scale) details appeared:-

Compare this with SeaNav at the same scale:-

We hope you will agree that its a lot less cluttered, has more relevant information and is a lot easier to view. Zoom in and more details and spot depths will be shown. You can also choose what level of detail to show in SeaNav.

Other key differences:-

SeaNav includes full live navigation features including COG, SOG, HDG, ETA, Waypoint distance and time, Cross Track error, Course and North up view etc. – it’s at least a $5 extra for Navionics and that doesn’t get you much of what SeaNav offers.
SeaNav includes Tides – Navionics Boating free doesn’t – you have to buy their USA chart set at $70.
SeaNav has a unique and highly recommended AR Camera view showing buoys, ships, landmarks etc. overlaid on the real time camera view.
SeaNav has free support for the amazing fully waterproof Pebble SmartWatch – forget a $500 Garmin Quatix!
SeaNav has live AIS Ship data overlay including collision detection. (via Boat Beacon).
SeaNav – buy once and runs at full HD on both your iPad and iPhone with no need to purchase another version.
SeaNav including full charts is just $19.99 in the US and £14.99 in the UK. See how this unfortunate user ended up paying over £70 ($100) for Navionics “Free”:-

And, SeaNav iPhone and iPad is now available for you to try for free. Click here to learn more.

(SeaNav is also available for Mac)