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mazu: New SportFishing App
mazu announced the launch of the its SportFishing app, which gives anglers weather and sea state information, as well as provides communications capabilities via satellite. The mazu SportFishing app links with mazu’s m2500 hardware to offer global service using the Iridium satellite network.mazu SportFishing offers a method of in-app connectivity with its innovative mazuChat. This functionality centralizes communication with friends and other sports fishermen, allowing anglers to quickly and easily relay information on a private and reliable connection.
iPad App Debuts New Navigation Features
NavPlay, manufacturer of iPad apps for boaters, announced today the latest set of feature driven environments for its NavPlay navigation app, Navigation and Navigation Bridge. Designed to provide an activity-specific control screen, these two new environments, along with the app’s Charting Table and Alarm Manager environments, work hand in hand to seamlessly allow boaters to navigate using an iPad from anywhere on board their vessel. The NavPlay Navigation Bridge environment provides users access to a full suite of instruments linked directly to their iPad.
NavPlay Upgrades Chart Table Routing App
NavPlay, a manufacturer of iPad apps for boaters, released the latest feature of its NavPlay navigation app, Chart Table. NavPlay’s exclusive Chart Table is designed to allow boaters to plan routes on their iPad just as they would on their boat’s chart table. A dedicated mobile environment for charting, planning and navigation, NavPlay uses the standard iPad interface making it easy for users to learn and confidently use all features of NavPlay and, in particular, Chart Table. With satellite imagery and C-Map by Jeppesen vector charts…
Standard Horizon Upgrades Navigation System
Standard Horizon released a free software upgrade for its CPN Series touch-screen multimedia navigation systems, the 10.1-inch CPN 1010i and seven-inch CPN700i. The update is available through Standard Horizon’s website at standardhorizon.com. By taking advantage of Standard Horizon’s v2.2.2.210 software, users of these advanced C-MAP 4D based chartplotters will unlock enhanced navigation performance, exclusive pairing with Jeppesen’s Plan2Nav mobile app and an improved online and entertainment experience anytime a WiFi hotspot is near.
First Person: Whales & ROVs in Patagonia
Several years ago I found myself on a tourist boat that carries out whale watching tours in Península de Valdés, Patagonia, Argentina. This location became famous over the last 30 years, due to the massive yearly encounter of the southern right whales (Eubalena australis) during their mating and birth period from May to December. The southern right whale got its name due to the friendly behavior and the fact that they float when the animal is dead. This was the ‘right’ whale to chase.
