For those who love going on cruising for days, going to different places riding on either an extravagant ship or on your own sailboat, it is important to have navigation tool that will keep you from getting lost in the dangerous waters. While professional sailors have all the high-tech equipment to help them in traveling, Windows Phone users can now use an app that offers safe voyage, as Seapilot finally arrives in Beta in the WP Store!
Professional marine navigation used to require an expensive GPS plotter. Now, same technology used in merchant shipping is available for Windows Phone.
Seapilot lets you navigate like a pro with vectorized S-57 chart data from National Maritime Administrations. Seapilot uses the Windows Phone built-in GPS, so it works even when there is no mobile network coverage. This is the first navigation app to feature Automatic Identification System (AIS) and AIS weather in real-time, when within a mobile network. Charts are available for purchase.
Use it to navigate, to plan tomorrow’s boat trip or reminisce about yesterday’s. (PS. Even works in your sofa at home.)
Seapilot for Windows Phone features
Professional navigation based on merchant shipping standards for ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System)
S-57 chart data (In-App Purchase) and AIS data from National Maritime Administrations
AIS (Automatic Identification System) for real-time tracking of vessels equipped with an AIS transponder.
Weather in real-time via AIS from national weather stations showing wind speed and direction, air pressure, temperature, etc. Automatically displays information for the nearest weather station. (At present only in Sweden. To be extended.)
High quality 5-day Coastal Weather Forecasts (as purchase), directly in chart
Developed by Stockholmradio and True Heading, leaders in marine navigation and communication at sea, with cutting-edge AIS and VHF know-how
Functions
Positioning via GPS
Visualization of S-57 chart data from National Maritime Administrations
AIS data from National Maritime Administrations via Internet (3G or WLAN)
Course and speed vector for AIS targets
Own heading
Autonomous navigation – charts downloaded to the device
Rapid chart management
Easy return to own position
Option of tracking your own boat on the chart
Displays position, course and speed
Adjustable own speed and course vector
Man Overboard function
Display settings for day, dawn/dusk and night
Routes/waypoints
Past track
Plotting/marking objects
Electronic bearing and range marker from own vessel
Chart object search
AIS target search
Setting of safety contour (2, 3, 6, 10 and 15 meters)
Hide/show status, tool bar and own AIS target
World chart for rough overview/orientation
In-App Purchases
National S-57 chart data for US east coast, US west coast and US Great lakes, with more countries in development
Coastal Weather Forecasts for 5 days
Internet AIS-data
Nav tools 1: Marks, routes and past track
Once available only for iOS, Windows Phone users will surely find great use for Seapilot Beta, which was developed by True Heading, a leader in AIS products with over 40 years of navigation experience! Be sure to have Seapilot Beta installed now if ever you’re planning to go on a cruise – download it for free now!