Seapilot: Nautical Charts And AIS For The IPad

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Seapilot: Nautical Charts And AIS For The IPad
Seapilot: Nautical Charts And AIS For The IPad

Video: Seapilot: Nautical Charts And AIS For The IPad

Video: Seapilot: Nautical Charts And AIS For The IPad
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Seapilot
Seapilot

Clear map, here the Seapilot view at Lyø

The program developed by Stockholm Radio in collaboration with electronics specialist True Heading reduces the distance between the chart plotter and the iPad again. It masters route navigation and offers a speed and course display. In addition, a speed-dependent forward vector can be set and the display can be aligned either to north (north up) or the current course (head up).

Seapilot
Seapilot

The course and distance to the next waypoint are noted directly on the route

One of the real innovations lies in the map material used. According to Stockholm Radio, Seapilot is based on the Ecdis standards of commercial shipping. The nautical charts therefore correspond to the official data of the respective national authorities. Map sets are currently available for Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Stockholm Radio is still in negotiations with the BSH for German waters, but the map data should possibly follow in the course of the summer.

Seapilot
Seapilot

No data from Germany yet, the world of Seapilot ends at the Danish border

Each set of cards has to be purchased separately, whereby you take out an annual subscription and the data is updated twice a year with the official corrections. While the subscription for Sweden is relatively cheap at around 31 euros, the Danish cards cost around 95 euros. The data is loaded onto the device when it is purchased so that it can be navigated without an Internet connection. If you cancel the subscription, the maps also remain on the iPad, they are just no longer updated.

For Sweden, in addition to the official maps, the extremely high-resolution special maps from the private surveying company Hydro are offered; they cost 9 euros per sheet.

Seapilot
Seapilot

With an Internet connection, Seapilot also provides AIS information, the map data is up-to-date, Navionics and C-Map are not yet familiar with the restricted area at Anholt

As long as there is a data connection via WiFi or cellular network, Seapilot can do even more, the app then loads AIS data from the Internet and displays the 100 ships closest to the current position on the map. In addition, the program also receives the current weather data from the 60 Swedish AIS weather stations and shows the wind speed and direction of the nearest station.

Seapilot
Seapilot

Even more AIS, the circles mark weather stations with AIS transmitters. Among other things, wind strength and direction can be called up

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Seapilot
Seapilot

No traffic in the belts? AIS data is currently only available from the Swedish land stations

According to the first practical tests, the usefulness of the AIS functions is limited, at least in Denmark. Apparently the app only accesses data from Swedish land stations. Accordingly, only ships in the vicinity of Swedish waters are displayed. In the Great and Little Belt, on the other hand, there is a yawning emptiness

Seapilot costs about 43 euros and can be downloaded from the app store.

More information in English at www.stockholmradio.se/seapilot-for-ipad-0.

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