![]() Instead of having a route list that may be indecipherable unless you’ve taken the time to name the routes (if possible), they collapse when not in use into that blue ship wheel icon seen on the screen above, just north of R “2”. There’s also a route management feature I’ve never seen before but just love. But picking routes, waypoints, and marks on the TZ screen always seems easy and I always seem to find whatever option I might need. Touchscreen object picking is tricky business and I’m probably more demanding than most because I’m currently using an iPad mini and Dupuytren’s contracture has some my fingers pretty crooked up (in fact, I’m going in for more surgery later today and may not be typing well for a while). I sometime get frustrated with many charting apps because they’re missing some route functions and/or the functions are hard to manage with a finger tip. The app developers also manages to include much of the plotter control and route-making sophistication you’ll see on the high-end TZ displays and PC programs, and make them very easy to use on an iPad. It’s not just that some of the same MapMedia charts along with PhotoFusion sat images blend, zoom, pan, and go 3D in the same smooth manner, though that’s huge. But the same MaxSea developers who seem to be behind all the TZ products (including their own version of the TZ app eventually) certainly pulled it off. When I recently raved about Furuno TZT chart plotting I had no idea that so much of the experience could be transferred to an iPad. And while there are lots of valuable charting features it doesn’t support - more on that further down the entry - I’m not sure there’s another app that does core navigation so beautifully. The “most advanced marine navigation App for iPad on the market” claim is quite bold, and I always tend to think that such judgments are quite subjective, but TZ is remarkably able and polished right out of the gate. Additional features: weather, anchor alarm, free satellite imagery charts, etc.I haven’t actually cruised with the TimeZero app yet but I was able to preview it before it made the iTunes store last week and, as the top screen indicates, I have already seen its excellent ( Bad Elf Pro powered) tracking while underway in car and dinghy.Supported formats include GPX, RTU, RT3, RTZ, CSV, Nacos Platinum, and Sam Electronics. Lines or polygons in user-selected colors and styles. Mariners notes have choice of over 50 symbols. Mariners Tools with VRM, EBL, clearing lines, and mariners notes.Route planning: ETAs, goal times, speed limits, passing restrictions.Grounding Avoidance: depth contours, tidal adjustment, hi-res bathymetric ENCs.Collision Avoidance: graphical CPA, BCD, meeting points, trial ROT, trial SOG, alarms.Print logbook from iPad or archive via email and other methods. Automatically saves time, own-ship status, route, and nearby AIS targets. Pilot Logbook: Record events during pilotages.Docking Aids: Show distance and speed to user selected fenders and single point moorings.Real-time status bar selects from 35 panels to display key information based on situation.Powerful true-scale vessel display: Predicted course, predicted vessel position, swept path, AIS vessel types, estimated squat and pivot point.NMEA/AIS record and playback: Automatically record all vessel movements and playback later at normal or 10x speed.Connect to both pilot plug and to shore-based AIS at the same time. Bluetooth plugs are supported on most platforms. NMEA and AIS: Support for WiFi pilot plugs and PPUs.Automatic chart download/update from Admiralty (UKHO), PRIMAR, and ChartWorld.Automatic chart download/update for vector and raster charts from NOAA and US Army Corps of Engineers.Support all standard chart formats including S-63, S-57, iENC, and BSB/KAP.Support for all pilot plug and PPU devices.Support for all major platforms: Apple iPads/iPhones, Windows, and Apple MacOS.Comprehensive navigation and piloting features: routes, tracks, VRM, EBL, clearing lines, mariners notes, etc.It is widely adopted in ports and pilotage areas around the world. SEA iq Pilot is the most powerful navigation software available, designed specifically for use by pilots.
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