iNavX™ - Marine Navigation App for iPhone and iPod Touch

iNavX™ brings official NOAA RNC raster United States waters marine charts to your iPhone or iPod Touch. Included detailed chart coverage: West Coast, Gulf Coast, East Coast, Great Lakes, Alaska, Hawaii, and Virgin Islands.

One app with access to thousands of charts and maps: official CHS Canada Charts, Navionics Gold Charts, Discovery Charts, HotMaps, NV. Verlag Charts, TRAK Canada lakes fishing maps and Solteknik Sweden waters charts may be purchased separately from X-Traverse. Many more charts and maps coming soon.

With iNavX™ you can use the iPhone's built in location services (i.e. GPS, cell tower, wifi) to plot your position in real-time on the multi-touch scrolling and zooming marine chart.

Using the iPhone's or iPod Touch's WiFi connection, iNavX™ can act as a repeater for popular marine navigation software that supports NMEA data over TCP/IP such as MacENC or GPSGate. This includes GPS, AIS receivers & transponders, and Instruments (Depth, Speed, Wind, etc.)

In addition to real-time chart plotting, iNavX™ supports waypoints including KML (Google Earth) and GPX import/export, track log, measuring bearing/distance, GRIB weather forecast, tides/currents and port/navaid search.

The power of a handheld color chartplotter for a fraction of the cost.
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iNavX in the iTunes iPhone App Store
iNavX FAQ iNavX User's Guide iNavX Chart & Map Coverage

Real-time navigation on marine chart

Real-time instruments

Marine chart selection

Waypoint selection and creation

Waypoint editing

Marine chart info
Tracks
Marina and Navaid Search
AIS targets plotted on marine chart
Forecast selection
Forecast plot (Wind and Pressure)
AIS target info
Question Answer
Where do I get iNavX™? iNavX in the iTunes iPhone App Store
Is there a charge for the NOAA US waters marine charts? No.
Is there a charge for the marine charts and maps from X-Traverse?

Yes. Visit x-traverse for more details.

Note: In addition to being able to using charts and maps from X-Traverse with iNavX, most may also be used with Fugawi or MacENC or GPSNavX charting software.
What areas do the marine charts and maps include? iNavX provides access to the largest chart and map library.
Chart and Map Coverage.
Are the marine charts and maps the latest editions? Yes since they download directly from a chart server.
Where can I learn more information about the NOAA US waters marine charts? Here.
Are the marine charts and maps stored locally on my iPhone or iPod Touch? Yes.
How much storage space do the marine charts and maps take? Depends on how many charts and maps have been downloaded. Individual charts and maps can be deleted. Typical chart or map takes under 1 MB of storage.
Does iPhone or iPod Touch need a cell or wifi internet connection to use the marine charts or maps? No. Only an internet connection is needed to download selected charts and maps. Once charts and maps are downloaded they can be used at anytime regardless of internet connectivity. Note: The charts do not expire and can be used indefinitely.
Does iPhone 3G need a cell or wifi internet connection to use the built in GPS? No. If present, wifi or cell can assist the GPS receiver, but it is not required.
Does iNavX™ run on the first generation iPhone? Yes, but instead of using GPS positioning, cell towers are triangulated to compute a location.
Does iNavX™ run on the iPod Touch? Yes, but instead of using GPS positioning, NMEA data from a navigation application running on a Mac or PC via the wifi connection is used to determine location.
Does iNavX™ work in places there is not marine chart or map coverage? Yes. There is a basic low scale world chart included and the instrument and waypoints functionality is not dependent on available or loaded charts.
Does iNavX™ work with the NOAA ENC vector charts? No. The NOAA ENC vector chart coverage is incomplete and the NOAA ENC vector charts do not have the look of traditional paper charts. More Info.
I have charts on my PC or Mac, can I use those with iNavX™? No. iNavX™ downloads charts directly from a chart server, however many of the charts and maps available at x-traverse can also be used on a PC or Mac.
What is the current version of iNavX™? 2.0.3
How much are iNavX™ updates? No addtional charge and all iNavX™ updates will arrive via the Apple iPhone app store. On the device, Select "App Store", then select "Updates".
How does iNavX™ compare with the MacENC or GPSNavX feature set? Comparison Table.
Does iNavX™ support AIS receivers and transponders? Yes via TCP/IP. Targets are plotted on the chart and an AIS Transponder can be used to provide position, speed and course to iNavX™
I have waypoints, how do I transfer those to/from iNavX™? iNavX™ can import and export waypoints via x-traverse
Can I upload my tracks to Google Earth? iNavX™ can export tracks via x-traverse
Does iNavX™ support GRIB weather forecasts? iNavX™ can import and display GRIBs via x-traverse
Wind, Presure, Sea and Air Temperature forecasts are available)
What measurement units does iNavX™ support? Nautical miles, statute miles, kilometers, true and magnetic bearings, degrees and fractional minutes and degrees minutes and seconds. All distance measurements are computed using Great Circle routing.
Is there a user's guide for iNavX™? Yes. Here.
Is there a trial or demo version of iNavX™? No. Apple's official policy is not to allow trial or demo versions of apps.
What languages is iNavX™ localized in? English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
Will iNavX™ run on other smart phones? No.

if you have any questions about iNavX™, please email us at: inavx@me.com