iNavX – Page 2 – Navigation Mac

iNavX undergoes a change of ownership

Posted on1 September 201518 February 20247 Comments

New developers, new logo, new splash page, up to new web site.

Version 4.7.0 just be issued by NavX Studios LLC, the company that bought all of Richard Ray's computer creations : GPSNavX, MacENC up to iNavX.

Procurement is carried out during the summer. New developers (they are two) were first focused on iNavX, for a first update of debugging, performance optimization and acceleration of charts downloading with X-Traverse. Let us hope that this transfer will bring a new dynamic to these excellent applications, whose creation and development have rested since 2002 on the unique Rich Ray's keyboard.

I continue to test and produce the French version of these applications on behalf of the new team.

NV Chart extends coasts of France from SHOM

Posted on3 May 201515 April 20214 Comments

In previous entry I presented the SHOM raster charts provided by many publishers on iPad. In recent weeks the German charts Editor NV Verlag offers two new areas ending coverage of the coasts of France Atlantic and English Channel. These charts are usable both with iNavX on iPad/iPhone, as with GPSNavX and MacENC on Mac. It can therefore, Unlike Navionics, use the two available copies of each region on two different media (iPad , iPhone or Mac).

iNavX and iSailor offer more functions

Posted on15 January 201529 November 202116 Comments

The year 2015 barely begun, developers already deliver us their applications developments, probably developed between two glasses of champagne during the holidays. I consider iNavX and iSailor as the two best navigation apps so far under iOS. These are the ones that offer the most extensive functions and the choice of the best maps. They each have their qualities and their faults, and I took advantage of the innovations introduced by their recent update to attempt a quick comparative price/functions.

Warning, this exercise is associated with a snapshot vision, valid today but quickly obsolete tomorrow, as changes are rapid in this domain. On the other hand it is always difficult to share the objective and subjective aspects in a comparative, I was already confronted in the past (¹). Read more …

How to update charts with iNavX [Update]

Posted on1 October 201419 July 20207 Comments

With iNavX, with iPhone like iPad, charts update goes through two processes. It is necessary to distinguish individual charts update, and update full charts folders with a new edition. Read more …

Navigation Mac tutorials #2 – Navigate with iNavX [English version]

Posted on10 June 20149 December 2017

The iBook tutorial "Navigate with iNavX" is now available in English.

A comprehensive multimedia iBook guide about iNavX use : basic functions, advanced functions, instruments connection. From purchasing and loading charts to TCP/IP connection, a step by step teaching helps you master all the functions of the application. Free updates with major new features coming up.

45 double-pages
74 screenshots
14 videos tutorials

Available in 51 Apple iBook Stores the price of $8.99.

Compatible with the application iBooks Apple iPad and Mac OS 10.9 and later.

iPad GPS far away from networks

Posted on22 May 201420 July 20208 Comments

For those who do are not yet fully convinced, despite my assertions in many posts (¹), Here's another example of the accuracy of iPad GPS, Cup of any terrestrial cellular network or Wi - fi. Already lived in 2011 during a stay in La Reunion (²), This time returned from a recent trip to London I got 'evidence' below, screenshoted aboard an Airbus A320 : Read more …

iNavX 4.0.0 improves charting [Update]

Posted on23 April 201418 February 2024

iNavX 4.0.0 greatly improves the display of raster charts : continuous seamless tiled charts (¹) and access to a new Navionics Gold chart : 50XG covering almost the entire Pacific Ocean. Read more …

iOS7 and navigation applications

Posted on21 September 201321 September 20139 Comments

The latest version of iOS for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch has caused a lot of updates to compatibility. This time, with iOS7, developers have had hard work to put their interfaces in accordance. For our purposes, the latest versions optimized for iOS7 to date are :

iNavX 3.7.0
iSailor 1.5.5
AyeTides 3.0 (iPhone) up to AyeTides XL 2.0 (iPad )
Weather4D 1.3.2 up to Weather4D PRO 1.3.7

Charting compared, mixed results

Posted on8 September 201320 July 202012 Comments

Three weeks and 600 nautical miles of sailing between the mainland and the Balearic Islands have allowed me to test in live some of iPad maritime applications we have.

Warning : it is not about to indulge in a point by point comparison between applications, but rather to identify some key aspects of their use. On the other hand, applications used were up-to-date at the beginning of July. Fast evolving, and updates may have been made in August or early September I did not have. Finally, the messaging app iNavX associated with available Navionics cartography ~~from the X-Traverse server~~ for me is the "master-standard" marine applications. iNavX is to date the most comprehensive application in terms of functionality, and Navionics charting (from the X-Traverse server, I specify) closest to the geographical reality observed by many users.

ENCs, Routing and sailing shaves stone

Posted on10 April 201320 April 20217 Comments

The relationship of a recent experience of an iNavX user and Weather4D PRO routing function invites me to bring a warning to the attention of novices boaters in computer use.

A regatta course, from St Helier (Jersey) to arrival Granville, optimized with Weather4D PRO using fine grid GCWF model and MyOcean currents prediction, gave the following route in iNavX :

The optimized route transferred to iNavX