March 10, 2011 08:03
Tony
Thank you very much for your response. To give a slightly broader picture, we live on the west coast of Scotland and so navigational requirements do need to be able to cope with worst case scenarios. Having said that, we do have paper charts, compasses and traditional, if fairly basic, navigational skills and we do also have a rather basic handheld Garmin II plus gps as backup.
Also, if using the iPad, we would not rely upon its built in gps but would install a proper masthead gps transducer to feed it. What I had anticipated was installing an overhead bracket in the wheelhouse (no cockpit) and plugging the iPad in there.
My question is more aimed at, is the software broadly the same for the iPad version? I can't really get a handle on the differences between MacENC and iNavX. Do they both use vector charts? What is missing from the iPad version? Also, what am I not getting by not having a dedicated chartplotter, which most of the guys on this forum seem to have in addition to their Mac based equipment.
Basically, it seems as though I would end up with a nice (and portable to work on at home) 9" screen, hi-res vector colour charts and a good quality (depending upon what I buy) gps aerial to power it. Sounds really good... almost too good! So I'm being cautious - am I missing something?
Thank you very much for your response. To give a slightly broader picture, we live on the west coast of Scotland and so navigational requirements do need to be able to cope with worst case scenarios. Having said that, we do have paper charts, compasses and traditional, if fairly basic, navigational skills and we do also have a rather basic handheld Garmin II plus gps as backup.
Also, if using the iPad, we would not rely upon its built in gps but would install a proper masthead gps transducer to feed it. What I had anticipated was installing an overhead bracket in the wheelhouse (no cockpit) and plugging the iPad in there.
My question is more aimed at, is the software broadly the same for the iPad version? I can't really get a handle on the differences between MacENC and iNavX. Do they both use vector charts? What is missing from the iPad version? Also, what am I not getting by not having a dedicated chartplotter, which most of the guys on this forum seem to have in addition to their Mac based equipment.
Basically, it seems as though I would end up with a nice (and portable to work on at home) 9" screen, hi-res vector colour charts and a good quality (depending upon what I buy) gps aerial to power it. Sounds really good... almost too good! So I'm being cautious - am I missing something?