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Originally Posted by rocu
I sail a Potter 19 on inland and protected coastal waters.
Again, I know I don't really need any of this. I'm exploring it because I find it to be fun. Oh, and the safety factor of AIS in busy waterways. I want them to see me.
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Can't say I'd expect much improvement from AIS on inland and some coastal waterways. It can help, but I'd guess 95%+ (at least) of
boats don't have it...
We use Samsung tablets for backup nav, with varying degrees of successful viewing in bright sunlight. (Works OK on our enclosed flybridge
helm.)
One of our installed systems is
Furuno, and we can mirror some of that on Furuno's counterpart tablet apps. Haven't seen any utility in that, so haven't explored. Other brands may offer similar mirroring capabilities.
The app we use is AquaMap, and I think there's a way to get AIS on there. But if their AIS info on an app is just a feed from an
internet source like marinetraffic.com, that won't be particularly useful. (We have AIS on our installed nav systems, so haven't tried with the tablet.)
Or, you could run TimeZero Navigator on a
laptop and
network all your instruments to that. You can get everything you want on there, including real AIS (not an
internet feed), but I dunno much about how to do all that. (We run TZ Navigator on a Windows
laptop for backup, partly because it's a near analog of our installed
Furuno nav system, but haven't ever bothered to
network the thing.)
Another possibility might be TZ iBoat which runs on Apple iThings. Same networking as whatever it takes to connect TZ Navigator.
-Chris