B&G: Companion App for Sailors 4+

Name: B&G: Companion App for Sailors
Rating: 4 (37 reviews)
Author: Navico Norway AS

Navico Norway AS

- 4,0 • 37 betyg

- Gratis
- Erbjuder Köp inuti app

Beskrivning

The B&G® App is designed to help you get the most out of your time on the water, and your electronics, whether you are cruising with your family or racing with your friends.

With detailed charting powered by C-MAP®, weather and marine traffic information, route planning and GPS, it is the perfect aid to navigation for sailors, and is a must-have for sailors with B&G on-board.

Get started –
The B&G App can be used as a standalone or synced with your system. Get started by connecting and registering your chartplotter to your phone via the App...

Explore more –
Use the App to plan your routes and mark waypoints in advance or as an aid to navigation while out and about on the water. With detailed charts, Autorouting™ and AIS, it’s a powerful tool to have at your fingertips.

Simply download offline charts, save your favourite routes and waypoints in the app, so you can enjoy your time on the water and make the most of your sailing time.

The B&G App Includes:

- Activation and Registration of your B&G Chartplotter
- FREE C-MAP Chart Viewer
- Autorouting™ – find the best route to your favourite places
- Personal Waypoints
- Track Recording
- Thousands of pre-loaded Points of Interest, including relevant information about marinas, harbours, beaches, shops and much more
- Marine Weather Forecast
- Weather Along the Route
- Weather Overlay
- Chart Personalisation
- Import & Export GPX Files – share your Routes, Tracks or Waypoints with friends
- Measure Distance Tool

Upgrade to Premium to unlock additional features, including:

- Full GPS Functionality
- Offline Map Downloads
- REVEAL Shaded Relief
- High-Resolution Bathymetry
- Custom Depth Shading
- AIS & C-MAP Traffic

Try before you buy… Experience the B&G App Premium for yourself, with a free 14-day trial.

The B&G App updates on a continuous basis to make sure you get the best experience and to bring you the most up-to-date maps and functionalities.

Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Links to Your Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable

Privacy policy
https://appchart.bandg.com/core/map/privacy.html
Terms of service
https://appchart.bandg.com/core/map/tos.html

30 sep. 2024

Version 2.4.1

We've focused on fixing bugs to make sure you're having the smoothest experience! Enjoy the app!

4,0 av 5

37 betyg

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⚠️ DANGER! Do NOT use for navigation! ⚠️

DANGER! Live navigation can stop updating your current position at any time. Currently my current position is 15NM off (SIC!) compared to my correct position and apparently stuck, but speed and heading continues to update. I hoped that this was a one-time issue, but it has happened several times the past two weeks, with both the previous and the current version.

The app can only connect to my Vulcan if mobile data is turned off. If I connect to the Vulcan’s WiFi hotspot while mobile data is enabled I cannot connect to the device. If I disable mobile data I can get a connection, but it is immediately lost if I turn mobile data back on.

The app seems only to be able to connect to the Vulcan if your iPhone is connected to the Vulcan’s WiFi hotspot, and not if the Vulcan and your phone is connected to the same ship WiFi.

The auto route feature is amazing! However, the routes tend to have unnecessary many waypoints, and there is no possibility to edit the auto added waypoints on an auto generated route. And if you sync an auto generated route to the Vulcan, edit it there, and then sync back, you can no longer edit the route in the app. The many waypoints is a problem when (not if) the Vulcan self reboots during sailing, as it doesn’t remember where you are along the route, and you will have to press next waypoint (which is 3 presses) until you are back on the right place along the route.

Not all tracks are synced for some reason.

Even though the Vulcan is running the latest firmware, released just some month ago, some icons on waypoints created on the Vulcan doesn’t show correctly in the app as they are considered obsolete legacy icons, and some icons on waypoints created in the app doesn’t show correctly on the Vulcan.

I have never gotten the Apple Watch app to work. It just says “No device found”.

The app has such great potential, but at the moment it is just a slightly more convenient way to input and then sync waypoints to your B&G device, and that is not worth a premium subscription.

Nice

Nice and easy to use app

Utvecklaren Navico Norway AS har angett att appens integritetsrutiner kan inkludera hantering av data enligt beskrivningen nedan. Det finns mer information i utvecklarens integritetspolicy.