The major update 5.0 of iNavX, issued late August, was unfortunately a long and painful labor for new developers, and a succession of whirlpools and reefs for users. Among the many bugs and regressions laboriously fixed by successive builds, the worst part was the total loss of charts for almost all of us. This is, repeatedly. To top it all off the recent migration, this month, of charting server X-Traverse to a new website Fugawi much more user-friendly, didn't make things easy. Some explanations are necessary.
After the purchase, in the summer 2015 (¹), by iNavX from NavX Studios LLC, The new development team undertook the application code upgrade, to keep it compatible with the latest versions of iOS. This major rewriting work, caused, already with versions 4.7.x, several regressions and severe bugs, with the first total loss of charts (V.4.7.3). At the same time, The developers have undertaken to modify the interface, in order to allow direct access to the charting purchase in-app. A very laudable idea, as the website x-traverse.com was complex and cumbersome. Alas, Three months of repeated bugs have seriously dented the confidence of thousands of users of this excellent application published in 2009 with the arrival of the iPhone 3GS.
Fugawi CHARTS
Following the takeover of the Canadian brand Fugawi by the American Johnson Outdoors (²), It did not take long to finally see the old website x-traverse.com, charting distribution platform, Replaced by a modern website, user friendly and easy to use. Only happiness for users, mainly those of iNavX.
The website is clear, fast (one of the big criticisms made about x-traverse), Creating an account and managing it is much easier than before. You will find the chart list and products purchased "My Products"., the order history "My Orders" , data transferred from iNavX (waypoints, routes, tracks, GRIB) in "My Cloud Storage", as well as account settings and management.
The site is almost fully operational to date, There are still a few functions to be adjusted, as receiving GRIB files with request from iNavX and other applications (MacENC, GPSNavX, Fugawi Marine, etc,). This should no longer take much time.
iNavX 5.0.x
With the version 5.0.4, The most severe bugs seem to have been fixed. Users who have lost their charts must sign out of their account (Logout), then reconnect to it (Login) in order to see reappearing the list of their charts on the page "My Charts". If it is not, the only remedy is iNavX support ios-support@inavx.com (but not Fugawi support only occurring on your account and your charts purchased).
However, a good number of bugs and regressions remain, and developers no longer take the time to test the beta versions before publishing a new release, what is fundamental in my opinion to avoid setbacks, doing more harm than the time necessary for testers. Less of a priority but boring for us, The French translation is not finalized, because they did not receive a complete list, I send partial fixes that are not always integrated.
Let's hope that this laborious mutation will lead to a version 5.1 completely free of its bugs before the start of next season, and that iNavX, associated with the global charting Navionics, find all its interest in our devices.
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(¹) Read iNavX undergoes a change of ownership
(²) Read The stakeholders of electronic charting [6 years later]
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Today first of December, yet another new version !
No change : my iPadPro crashes as soon as you zoom in on a map.
This bug has been known for three versions already, I wonder about both the competence of the developers and the attitude of the salespeople because each new version makes unfavorable comments on the Apple Store disappear.
Such a beautiful app……………..
Bonjour,
Today 7 December, I have the same problem as Jean. I have an iPadAir (for Thierry: I kicked out my iPad 1 who could no longer stand anything) and when I zoom in on the map it disappears in favor of a gray grid on the whole screen. Zoom out, re-zoom x times and finally it works not too badly by going slowly with the finger spread.
I just purchased the iNavX tutorial 5.0, and I highly recommend it.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Francis for all the information he shares.
Sincerely
Claude
Thank you for all these valuable observations, I left an orphaned thread on H&O concerning my setbacks this WE, with my version 4.1.8 of Ivavx on IPAD I. I am forced to buy a new Ipad…whereas until now everything was working very well.
Here is the text of my communication:
This weekend I decided to update the Navionics 46XG, INAVX chart support installed on my IPAD I. I had already felt that our renowned correspondent FF, was surrounded by precautions on the new versions of this browser software, but the advantage with the IPAD I, is that its operating system has not been able to support receiving new versions of Inaxv for a long time. Great good took me, The server stalled on my request and split a "account information not found (unknown: 200) ”. Contacted, FUGAWI's technical support kindly told me I quote my interlocutor: There was an unfortunate technical problem with our web server, during the weekend. It is repaired now, at least in the most general case for users of iNavX version 5 ”. Bad luck for yours truly who sails with the version 4 .1.8. Okay, but all is not lost, since my remote assistant, tells me that I just have to buy a new IPAD II and download the cards to my active account, and to take advantage of installing an updated version of Inavx. I feel you smiling…There was an extra cherry on top of that cake (with maple syrup), since my charming interlocutor even provided me with the address to resell my historic Ipad second-hand! So here is where I am and where the 4 .1.8. who will have the bad idea to update their 46XG.
Question: Am I the only one in this situation??
Those who may have experienced difficulties updating their maps and who have met the unknown:200 with an Ipad I, have they been able to get out of this impasse?
Thank you for your feedback
Cdt
Thierry
Thank you Francis for following the evolution of our favorite browser software closely.
I'm going to 2 weeks in the West Indies and I'm counting on iNavX to take us there…
Friendships
This paper makes me happy, I feel less alone… In addition to the bugs, in particular on the constitution of a road, This software suffers from an old conception of road creation. In iNavx, it's the Waypoints that make the road while today we are used to it being the road that makes the WP (OpenCPN, iSailor). In the same way, the measurements on the maps do not allow for multiple segments (legacy). Even without the bugs, it would take a complete overhaul of the ergonomics. And it would be worth it because the variety of commands and indications still make it one of the most powerful software on tablets. But when we know the hergonimia of’ iSailor… There is a long way to go.
I have indeed downloaded the latest version 5.0 in Trinidad unfortunately I lost my previous roads ( The latest created ) My last waypoints no longer existed and Aye tide was no longer integrated. I couldn't download the Grib with Navionics anymore . In short, I would have preferred to stay on the old version. Doing this to us in the middle of the season is not cool ! But I still hope that everything works very well because this app is really very good . thank you for your tutorials
Hope for a moment relieves us...