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Hi. If you have a smart phone with a built in GPS, you can download an app called Navionics. It will give you an accurate hydrographic map of any lake in Canada, in great detail. One of this sites members referred it to me when I asked about maps , and I would love to thank him, but I lost the thread. have already used it on simcoe, scugog and Loughborough. It costs $15 a year but is well worth it I think. They have a website
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Try the tablet HD version of Navionics map and add the $4.99 update for the Sonar charts and new depth contours. Great asset. Attached is a screen shot
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QUOTE (poppajd @ Mar 05, 2014 - 06:25 pm)
Hi. If you have a smart phone with a built in GPS, you can download an app called Navionics. It will give you an accurate hydrographic map of any lake in Canada, in great detail. One of this sites members referred it to me when I asked about maps , and I would love to thank him, but I lost the thread. have already used it on simcoe, scugog and Loughborough. It costs $15 a year but is well worth it I think. They have a website
John
As far as I know, the Navionics app is only $15, period. Not at year unless I am mistaken.
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QUOTE (npetersen @ Mar 07, 2014 - 08:09 am)
As far as I know, the Navionics app is only $15, period. Not at year unless I am mistaken.
$15 is the standard definition. It's OK for smartphones but not recommended for tablets. The HD tablet version cost $54.99 Navionics HD Don't forget to buy the $4.99 update
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QUOTE (Knuguy @ Mar 07, 2014 - 08:21 am)
That looks like a lot more detail than the Garmin Bluechart that I have. Does it say what the contour interval is?
The contours intervals are generated by us, using the new Navionics+ map and uploading our recordings back to Navionics. These new contours are part of their new feature called the Sonar Charts. The old maps come with Nautical charts only.
Finally I got this one doing my home work because Radioworld or Navionics guys from the Toronto Fishing Show couldn’t make it clear.
The main difference between existing nautical charts (i.e. Gold, Platinum and Hotmaps) is the new Sonar Charts and Community Edits features. Sonar Charts Community Edits
Using Sonar Charts you can record the bottom depth more accurate than the existing Nautical Charts and you can upload it back to Navionics. After that you can download the latest updates (including yours) on to your Navionics+ card. Sonar Charts Navionics SonarCharts™ Recording Sonar Logs
If you already have an older Navionics map you must go to a dealer and pay $99 for Navionics Updates to Navionics+.
Q:How does it work?
A:You buy Navionics Updates at a dealer - You plug the card into your computer SD slot or in a card reader and then eject it- You are requested to insert your old card that gets blacklisted - Then, you are requested to plug the Navionics Updates card into your computer SD slot or in a card reader again - Now select your region and proceed with downloading data as per the guided procedure
I saw another video that I can’t find that after the first year with free updates you just select your lake and pay around $9 for a zone.
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You mention the old card gets blacklisted. Does this mean that this card is no longer useable? I have an older sonar/gps that uses the SD card but a newer ice machine that needs the Micro SD card so I would need to be able to use both cards.
From your post I understand you are already using two different cards? Are you? If you have two different cards you just update one of them, the SD card. And yes, that old card will be blacklisted as you pay the upgrade price instead of $190, the full prices for Navionics+. As you said "an older sonar", make sure your unit is compatible with Navionics+ and you get the Sonar charts. That is the minimum you want. You can live without the community edits but all the money are in these new depth contours.
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Hey callatis, I clicked the link, and nearly fainted. What really impressed me was the availability of lakes off the TSW charts. Which I used faithfully, until today. Thanks for sharing.
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QUOTE (walleye37 @ Mar 12, 2014 - 02:27 pm)
Hey callatis, I clicked the link, and nearly fainted. What really impressed me was the availability of lakes off the TSW charts. Which I used faithfully, until today. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome. Today I passed by BassPro and I could compare the old Navionics Hotmaps vs Navionics +. It's like VHS vs DVD quality. I will get the Navionics Update, sold there for $109
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