Super User OkobojiEagle Posted July 3, 2016 Super User Posted July 3, 2016 I'm as old-school as anyone, still am happy with my flip phone and don't own a sounder with GPS. A conversation with my two techie son-in-laws led me to thinking... Are there any smartphones with a GPS app that is "fishing applicable"? Down loadable with contoured lake maps and able to load/store waypoints as GPS units available within locators are? Maybe there's a good reason I haven't seen an ad or discussion about one. oe Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted July 3, 2016 Super User Posted July 3, 2016 Navionics Boating App with a Vexilar Sonarphone transducer. You can have both the map and sonar displayed AND you can create HD contour mapping in real time with the Sonar Charts Live feature. I have that setup for use with Android and iOS devices. This is the Sonarphone app on an iPad: You can download the Sonarphone app free to practice with the simulator to see if you want to purchase the transducer. The dark areas are Sonar Charts Live contours overlayed on a Navionics Sonar Charts map using the Sonarphone and Navionics Boating App. 1 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted July 3, 2016 Super User Posted July 3, 2016 Most smartphone screens can be difficult to see outdoors in bright sunlight. Before I invested anything to do with using one for a depthfinder, I'd make sure you could use it outdoors with no problem. Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted July 3, 2016 Super User Posted July 3, 2016 23 minutes ago, Scott F said: Most smartphone screens can be difficult to see outdoors in bright sunlight. Before I invested anything to do with using one for a depthfinder, I'd make sure you could use it outdoors with no problem. Good advice !!!! Quote
Super User OkobojiEagle Posted July 3, 2016 Author Super User Posted July 3, 2016 I actually wouldn't want it for a sonar. Thought having contoured lake maps to store some waypoints on might push me over the brink to get a smart(er) phone. My wife would immediately buy it for me as she's been trying to convince me to join the 21st century. I don't think I'd use the feature regularly, but occasionally drop a waypoint to check back on later. oe Quote
Sprocket Posted July 3, 2016 Posted July 3, 2016 I'd keep the flip phone and buy a depthfinder with GPS. SE Kansas grass grower Quote
Super User OkobojiEagle Posted July 4, 2016 Author Super User Posted July 4, 2016 Wayne... From the online promo information I couldn't decipher whether the Navionics Boating App would let me place and store waypoints? oe Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted July 4, 2016 Super User Posted July 4, 2016 1 hour ago, OkobojiEagle said: Wayne... From the online promo information I couldn't decipher whether the Navionics Boating App would let me place and store waypoints? oe You can create shared waypoints that are called Community Edits. The symbols here are what they are: If you look at the Navionics website's Web App, they are shown there also. Quote
Super User OkobojiEagle Posted July 4, 2016 Author Super User Posted July 4, 2016 Interesting... so your local lake maps are peppered with everyone else's waypoints. The maps must reside on Navionics' server not on your individual phone? I'm assuming there is an annual fee to access the maps after you download the app? Might be worth my dollars if I used it more than a half dozen times a year, but I doubt I would. oe Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted July 4, 2016 Super User Posted July 4, 2016 The maps are downloaded to the mobile device with the same data that is on the website. You update the device data to keep it current. My smartphones automatically do updates. I do it manually with my tablets. It is an annual subscription Quote
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