SeaMap US app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: lukassen
First release : 31 May 2011
App size: 8.84 Mb
News:
Support for iOS7 and the 4 inch iPhone
What is Sea Map?
Sea Map is a map viewer that supports NOAA (www.noaa.gov) maps for planning and light navigation purposes.
The maps can be downloaded from the NOAA servers bringing you the freshest maps of the US waters to your device. Since you can select which maps to download you will never waste space on your device on maps you are not using.
What can and cant you do with Sea Map?
Every mariner knows you should use certified charts for navigation, hence you should not rely on Sea Map to be your primairy and only source of chart material.
That beeing said, Sea Map is a great utility and with 5 different zoom levels you can get crispy clear details of every map that is out there, and by storing the maps on your device you can use SeaMaps when you do not have a data connection.
What Maps are used in Sea Map US?
Unlike its European counterpart SeaMap US uses the official NOAA raster charts. This means you have access to over 1700 charts covering the US, Alaska, Hawaii etc. It totals over 20Gb of chart data stored in over half a million files. You can select the maps you want and simply download them on your device.
How can I get a better/newer map?
Well do the hard work for you, and update our servers with the latest maps. All you need to do is download it.
Latest reviews of SeaMap US app for iPhone and iPad
No GPS indicator. Maps dont load based on location.
App crashes or just doesnt work at all. I have to keep resetting my phone to get it to work for a second, then it locks up again. It could be a good app of it was fixed. It would be nice to look at up to date charts for finding halibut holes and confirming depths against my GPS.
This app will download and render a NOAA map to the screen. You can do your pinch zoom and move round with one finger. So - it technically functions well. -The map downloading is a little awkward - and no warning is given about the file size - but that would be polish.