March 13, 2010 06:21
I absolutely agree. This a major feature missing from MacENC / GPSNavX vs hardware plotters and some of the more advanced PC apps.
I looked at doing this as a separate application a couple of years ago, and, in principal it looks really straight-forward. The Koden radar has an ethernet interface, and the API is really straight forward.
I never pursued it as my Objective C skills are utter pants. Having said that, the guys from Koden were really helpful.
If GPSNavX were to look at doing this now (and I'd certainly encourage this functionality for both Mac and iPhone based apps) then it would be worth looking at coding for broadband radar as well.
Just my two-pennies worth...
P.S. My other two wish list items are:
I looked at doing this as a separate application a couple of years ago, and, in principal it looks really straight-forward. The Koden radar has an ethernet interface, and the API is really straight forward.
I never pursued it as my Objective C skills are utter pants. Having said that, the guys from Koden were really helpful.
If GPSNavX were to look at doing this now (and I'd certainly encourage this functionality for both Mac and iPhone based apps) then it would be worth looking at coding for broadband radar as well.
Just my two-pennies worth...
P.S. My other two wish list items are:
- on-chart tidal flow and height indicators (this data is present in the Navionics chart packs)
- weather routing using GRID and tidal data
Never knowingly overcanvassed!