May 13, 2010 05:00
ReeferJon Wrote:There's no mention of chart quilting or course up as being major omission, so I think it's fair to say that this isn't a major feature that the public are crying out for..
I think you missed a few of the reviews. There are multiple reviews that say something about rotation.
But that's beyond the point. Can you imagine any chartplotter today that didn't rotate the display as an option? Can you imagine any chartplotter where you come to the edge of the chart and it doesn't show the next chart quilted in? As you pointed out, there are a lot of "usability" complaints. Rotation and quilting are part of what those are about. Most of the reviews are just a paragraph after all.
I think that "Buzzzz"'s review said it the shortest and the best: "Definitely should not be your primary navigation software. I think it should have cost about $19.99."
We should be demanding more from these products. At first blush it's wonderful that they can just display a nautical chart. But they need to do more than that. The chartplotter manufacturers learned that. It's time for the iPhone developers to do the same thing.
It's time for someone to make an iPhone/iPad app that truly can be a chartplotter replacement.