![]() We have a lot of shallow areas, where it can be very sketchy to enter. I thought it was fine, but now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that I referenced the Navionics that was on my phone when I wanted detail. I had CMap on my B&G CP for just one season before selling the boat. I don't know if the web viewer David linked of the CMAP is representative of their actual product, but holy smokes does it lack the detail in Barnegat Bay and all of the NJ inlets along the coast that Navionics provides. My preference with electronics is to stay within one system, whether it is on the boat or home because staying within one ecosystem reduces the chance of something not working and you get better tech support, no one ever says "its not our problem, it the other guy's problem, call him up." ![]() Navionics is more mature than C-Map, in that it has been around longer so there are more people who are familiar with it, and subsequently more people will recommend it. The Zeus needs to be connected to the internet via wifi or a hard wire connection. I can plot courses and waypoints on the 27" computer screen and they are downloaded to the iPad and the Zeus automatically. I have a B&G Zeus2 CP and the three features play nice together. Navionics web app free#They have also integrated a free web based charting app, and a free tablet/phone app with a subscription option to allow charts to be downloaded. Navico has been investing in C-Map and this year have simplified their chart selection. I have both Navionics and C-Map and tend to use the C-Map charts on my chartplotter. Navionics and C-Map use the same data, except for the crowd sourcing. Jeppsen was/is a major mapping firm that specialized in Aeronautical charts. Navionics bought C-Map from Jeppsen a few years ago. ![]() ![]() The devices are more or less the same across product lines, each geared to a separate market, B&G for Sailors, Simrad for power boats and cruisers, and Lowrance for fishing. Navico is the parent company of C-Map, B&G, Simrad, and Lowrance. ![]()
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