Boating Industry Canada
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Since debuting last summer, the Simrad® App has already released a series of new features - providing greater connectivity and safety for boaters.
Updates include:
- satellite view capability
- weather overlay
- track sharing
- personalized notifications
- and a new anchor alert feature for premium users.
It's available on both the Apple Store for iOS and Google Play for Android.
As a premium subscriber users have access to: satellite overlay, enhancing situational awareness with the option to choose between full view or land-only and can select the transparency level of the layer.
The new Weather Overlay feature, incorporates data such as wind, gust, precipitation, air temperature, and pressure directly onto users’ charts. During route planning, users can see up-to-date weather forecasts at a specific time and location. Users can also toggle the Weather Overlay from within their main chart view.
The Anchor Alert feature - when anchoring, premium users can set their location and receive push notifications if the boat drifts while they’re busy or sleeping on-board. Using GPS data, a breach of the geofence results in the sounding of an alarm.
New sharing and engagement capabilities include the ability to share tracks with friends and followers in other applications (i.e. Facebook, WhatsApp, text), sending and receiving referral invitations to the app, and push notifications for key events like weather-related alerts.
The C-MAP charts on the app are carefully designed to highlight what is most important at any given time during your boating experience, maintaining accuracy and offering a clean, uncluttered view. Charts are powered by data from official hydrographic offices and are continuously updated and augmented using thousands of data sources. The Simrad® App also features detailed fishing information for anglers and sport fishing enthusiasts.
UPDATES FOR ALL USERS
Personalised Notifications (by category)
Sharing Tracks
Referral & Invitation Capabilities
PREMIUM UPDATES
Satellite Overlay View
Weather Overlay
Anchoring Alert
For more information about Simrad® go to www.simrad-yachting.com.
Original article published here.