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Nautical Chart Symbols app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 2688 ratings )
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Developer: substatica
1.99 USD
Current version: 2.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 23 Feb 2010
App size: 4.5 Mb

Properly reading Nautical Charts can be the most difficult and most important aspect of any water-bound endeavor, theres no reason to make decisions without crystal clear definitions of the symbols involved, Nautical Chart Symbols equips you with just that, anytime, anywhere.

Nautical Chart Symbols is the leading professional level IHO ( International Hydrographic Organization ) Symbol Reference for iPhone and iTouch. With a database of hundreds of Landmark, Natural, Seabed, Depth, Buoy, Light, Hazard and Other Symbols, it maintains the most comprehensive collection available right at your fingertips. No internet connection required!

Nautical Chart Symbols intuitive interface and fast search allow you to glean the information you need as easily as checking a text message.

Features

* Massive Database
* Fast, Comprehensive Search
* Clear, Concise Definitions
* Clean, Un-Cluttered Interface
* No Internet Connection Required

Pros and cons of Nautical Chart Symbols app for iPhone and iPad

Nautical Chart Symbols app good for

Great for review. Highly recommend it fir intoned on the water
Great information, especially for those new at reading nautical charts.

Some bad moments

For a paid app I expected atleast to see the explanations for each nautical symbol rather than just its name.
App is simply a list and typing in the search bar is extremely slow.
Need more info on the symbols , and more options on the search
Immediately crashed the phone to the point of having to press power and home to get it to restart. The "search" feature brings you to the top if you press cancel. Why? Thats dumb. Theres no index or top-level contents, which makes it fairly difficult to find things. Ill give a two, since it seems to be complete, but come on. This app needs a lot of work to really make it useful.
Im alarmed how many basic and important items are missing. Where are the regular lighted buoys? The special purpose buoys? The racon buoys? The cardinal markers? Safe water and isolated danger markers? Some very basic things missing.... the app creator has some work to do here. I am disappointed.
Dont waste your $$$. Just a bunch of symbols and no easy sort tool to find them. I pulled up a real chart and tried using this APP to find what various symbols meant. Found about 50%.