Equipment Weekly / You navigate with a tablet? 3 equipments for you

A real navigation tool, the tablet is now very present on cruise ships. Connected to onboard networks, it can also be used as an additional screen. Discover three products that work around this connected universe.

Digital Yacht, EngineLink a NMEA 2000 gateway to a tablet

The tablet often becomes the on-board screen. It allows you to display your cartography, but now with the EngineLink from Digital Yacht, it also displays all the engine information. Indeed, this NMEA 2000-connected box returns the rpm, oil pressure, temperature and other operating data of internal combustion engines. The only requirement is that the engine be NMEA 2000 compatible, which is the case for the latest models from the major outboard and inboard brands. EngineLink : 265 euros HT

TZ iBoat, new features in version 2.4

TZ iBoat is the mapping application that runs on iPad and offers all the power of this software on a tablet. Road management of course, but also the weather. The cartography is displayed in 3D with a surprising speed. The latest version brings new features requested by users. Possibility to send route information to the autopilot, compatibility with a Bluetooth mouse, smoothing of instrument data, such as heading, speed or wind, providing greater accuracy on the route information. Available for free on the App Store, the cartography is not free.

ScanNav, version 23.0 now compatible with Apple

ScanNav is a very complete French software for navigation. Developed for 20 years, it solves the problem of many browsers by providing security and many mapping solutions. This software runs on PC under Windows, even on old machines, because it is not very greedy in machine resources. The latest versions are now available for Apple users, since version 23 runs on macOS. ScanNav software with a cartography : 269 euros TTC

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