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RAYMARINE® AND NAVIONICS PARTNER TO DELIVER EXCITING NEW SONARCHART™ LIVE FUNCTIONALITY TO
RAYMARINE DRAGONFLYTM PRO & WI-FISHTM DEVICES
SonarChart™ Live Allows Real-Time Chart Updates when Synchronized with Raymarine
Dragonfly Sonar
Wilsonville, Oreg. & Wareham, Mass. – Raymarine, a world leader in marine electronics,
and Navionics, the leader in content and location-based services for the recreational boating
and outdoor markets, announced today that Navionics’ award-winning SonarChart™ Live is now
compatible with Raymarine Dragonfly 4 and 5 PRO and Wi-Fish™ systems. Raymarine
customers can now connect these cutting-edge devices with the Navionics Boating app using
Wi-Fi to create and view a personal HD bathymetry map in real time while navigating. The
amazing SonarChart Live is an embedded, free feature for Raymarine customers now available
on Apple iOS devices and coming soon on Android.
With the addition of SonarChart Live, Raymarine Dragonfly PRO and Wi-Fish owners can use
their mobile device to watch as new charts reveal the shape of the sea floor with detailed bottom
contours – in real time as the boat moves across the water. The new chart appears as an
additional layer over an existing map while the up-to-the-minute details are saved and stored on
the mobile device for continued private use, and can be edited and refined over time.
Raymarine users can also take advantage of the unique split-screen fishfinder view within the
Navionics Boating app, enabling them to display charts and CHIRP DownVision™ in the palm of
their hands. A conventional sonar fishfinder view is also available when used with Dragonfly
PRO models.
“Raymarine Dragonfly PRO and Wi-Fish users can now create and enjoy better charts with
SonarChart™ Live,” said Don Black, senior vice president of global sales and marketing,
RAYMARINE® AND NAVIONICS PARTNER TO DELIVER EXCITING NEW SONARCHART™
LIVE FUNCTIONALITY TO RAYMARINE DRAGONFLYTM PRO & WI-FISHTM DEVICES
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Navionics. “It’s an excellent way to monitor in real time the improvements made to personal
charts, as well as the results a survey will bring to Navionics’ SonarChart.”
“We are thrilled to add SonarChart Live functionality to the newest products in our expanded
Dragonfly range,” said Grégoire Outters, Vice President and General Manager of FLIR Maritime
and Raymarine. “This innovative feature set is the perfect complement to our patented high
performance CHIRP DownVision™ sonar technology, putting even more information and power
in the hands of every angler and boater.”
Raymarine Dragonfly 4 and 5 PRO models offer advanced CHIRP sonar vision,
superior color displays, and wireless mobile device integration. Wide-spectrum CHIRP
DownVision sonar technology delivers photo-like images of fish and underwater objects.
Its unique all-weather bright display ensures high fidelity images under blazing sun or
driving rain, a fast 10Hz GPS keeps boaters on course, and internal Wi-Fi allows
streaming to mobile devices. The new Raymarine Wi-Fish sonar for mobile devices is
also built on the Dragonfly sonar platform, and provides a black box wireless sonar
solution designed to work exclusively with smartphones and tablets, letting anglers
access CHIRP DownVision from anywhere on board.
SonarChart Live and Navionics Boating are the perfect complement to Dragonfly 4 and
5 PRO and Wi-Fish, providing the ultimate mobile viewing platform and allowing
Raymarine customers to get the most out of their technology investments.
Availability
SonarChart Live, for use with compatible Raymarine devices, is available through the Navionics
Boating app for iPhone and iPad, and coming soon on Android. To learn more about
SonarChart™ Live visit www.navionics.com/sonarcharts-live. For more on the Raymarine
Dragonfly range visit http://www.raymarine.com/.
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About Navionics®
For 30 years, Navionics® has developed and manufactured electronic navigation charts and systems for marine, inland lakes and rivers, and outdoors use. Navionics, based in Viareggio, Italy, operates its US headquarters in Wareham, MA, and worldwide offices in the UK, India, Australia, Estonia and Russia.
About Raymarine
Raymarine, a world leader in marine electronics, develops and manufactures the most comprehensive range of electronic equipment for the recreational boating and light commercial marine markets. Designed for high performance and ease of use, the award-winning products are available through a global network of dealers and distributors.
The Raymarine product lines include radar, autopilots, GPS, instruments, fishfinders, communications, and integrated systems. Headquartered in Fareham UK, Raymarine is a division of FLIR Systems, a world leader in thermal imaging. For more information about Raymarine please go to www.raymarine.com.
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Navionics SonarChart™ Live Now Compatible With Any Sounder Via Wi-Fi
Real-Time Chart Generation Tool Expands List of Compatible Plotters and Sounders to Allow All
Boaters to Wirelessly Monitor Improvements to Charts as they Occur
Wareham, Mass. – Navionics, the leader in content and location-based services for the
recreational boating and outdoor markets, announced today the latest details of its
award-winning SonarChart™ Live. Now offering compatibility with Raymarine Dragonfly
PRO and Wi-Fish™ systems, boaters can connect GPS chartplotters, sounders and
fishfinders with their mobile devices using Wi-Fi to view an HD bathymetry map in real
time while navigating. Raymarine Dragonfly PRO and Wi-Fish™ users can also take
advantage of the unique split-screen view within the Navionics Boating app, enabling
them to display both charts and DownVision™ sonar in the palm of their hands.
SonarChart™ Live is also now available for use with any sounder or plotter connected
to a compatible Wi-Fi router, such as Digital Yacht’s Sonar Server. Once a device is
connected via Wi-Fi to Navionics Boating, sonar data is streamed to the app to instantly
create and display a personal SonarChart™ Live map layer on top of existing charts.
Boaters simply engage the GPS and watch as the new HD detailed bathymetry chart
reveals the shape of the sea floor with detailed bottom contours in real time as the boat
moves across the water. These up-to-the-minute details are saved and stored on the
mobile device for continued private use and can be edited and refined over time.
“What’s most exciting about SonarChart™ Live is that any boater can create and enjoy
better charts with very little effort or expenditure,” said Don Black, senior vice president
of global sales and marketing, Navionics. “There is something powerful and exciting
about watching charts develop and improve right before your eyes.”
Navionics SonarChart™ Live Now Compatible With Any Sounder Via Wi-Fi
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While SonarChart™ Live is the result of a single user’s input and stored directly on their
device, the depth information collected by all users generates a stream of private data
shared with Navionics to improve SonarChart™ for all boaters. SonarChart™ Live is an
excellent way to monitor in real time the improvements a survey will bring to Navionics
SonarChart™. All user-contributed data is processed with existing data from proprietary
surveys as well as a variety of public and private sources to ensure more and more
precise charts every day. A valuable component of Navionics chart cards used in most
plotters, SonarChart™ is also offered in Navionics Boating mobile apps and on the
Navionics free WebApp.
Currently, the following Wi-Fi devices are compatible with SonarChart™ Live:
Dragonfly 4 and 5 PRO models and Wi-Fish™ wireless sonar from Raymarine
These newly compatible devices can each connect to the Navionics Boating app using
their built-in wireless capability. Both provide CHIRP DownVision™ to the app’s unique
split-screen view, while the Dragonfly PRO also displays a conventional sonar fishfinder
view.
SonarPhone T-BOX 200 and 300 from Vexilar
This dedicated wireless sounder displays a fishfinder in split-screen with Navionics
charts in the Navionics Boating app. Fishfinder settings can be adjusted within the app
for optimal sensitivity under various conditions.
Navico GoFree WIFI-1 Module
This NMEA 0183 Wi-Fi router allows boaters to stream depth data from their compatible
Lowrance, Simrad or B&G chartplotter/sounder to the Navionics Boating app.
Digital Yacht’s Sonar Server
This NMEA 0183 Wi-Fi router allows boaters to stream depth data from a wide range of
compatible chartplotters/sounders to the Navionics Boating app.
Availability
SonarChart™ Live is available with the Navionics Boating app versions 8.1 and greater
for iPhone and iPad, and 5.0 and greater for Android. Support for Dragonfly PRO and
Wi-Fish™ is coming soon to Android. To learn more about SonarChart™ Live, visit
navionics.com/SonarChart-live.
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About Navionics®
For 30 years, Navionics® has developed and manufactured electronic navigation charts and systems for marine, inland lakes and rivers, and outdoors use. Navionics, based in Viareggio, Italy, operates its US headquarters in Wareham, MA, and worldwide offices in the UK, India, Australia, Estonia and Russia.
All imagery is available in high-resolution JPEG or TIFF formats. For hi-res imagery and other editorial requests, please contact:
Rus Graham
Rushton Gregory Communications
603-799-2540
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2015
Rus Graham PR Contact
Rushton Gregory Communications 603-868-1359
NAVIONICS LAUNCHES SONARCHART™ FOR USE WITH GARMIN GPS
HD Bathymetry Map Gives Garmin Plotter and Handheld Owners a New
Cartography Option
Wareham, Mass. – Navionics, the leader in location-based content for the recreational
boating and outdoor markets, announced today the latest version of its SonarChart™
card for use with several Garmin GPS chartplotters and handheld devices. The product,
which features extraordinary bottom contour detail of up to 1 foot in the US and Canada
and 2 meters in South America, now also offers a faster redraw speed when panning
and zooming. This Garmin GPS customized version of the SonarChart™ HD
bathymetry map offers the most detail available anywhere, and is great for increasing
awareness of shallow waters and locating fishing areas at any depth level. The
SonarChart™ card also includes navigational aids, providing a complete resource for all
boating activities.
“For the first time, Garmin GPS owners can enjoy the benefits of our innovative, award-
winning SonarChart™ cartography,” said Don Black, senior vice president of global
sales and marketing, Navionics. “Whether they have used our maps on their mobile
device or are new to Navionics, Garmin customers can now gain access to the benefits
of this rapidly expanding community-driven chart.”
Not only can Garmin customers use SonarChart™ on their plotters and handheld
devices, they can record sonar logs and upload them to Navionics to improve their local
charts while also benefiting from the entire boating community’s contributions.
SonarChart™ harnesses the power of the Navionics Community by accepting sonar
logs from a wide range of plotters and mobile devices to ensure charts are up to date
and accurate. Uploaded sonar logs from all users are integrated with existing data to
generate a new SonarChart™ every day. Garmin sonar recordings take about one week
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to be integrated by Navionics and made available for download within SonarChart™. An
updated SonarChart™ can be downloaded anytime, free for one year with the Freshest
Data service.
Availability
The new SonarChart™ HD bathymetry map for Garmin GPS card is currently available
for regions within the US and Canada at $149, and the Caribbean, Central America and
South America at $199, with other regions of the world planned for release
progressively throughout 2015. Marine and lakes data are included together on the
same 4 GB MSD card, which offers a great advantage for people who enjoy boating on
both coastal and inland waters. Customers that utilize software version 2015.0202 or
newer will no longer be able to use Navionics charts. To verify that a GPS chartplotter
can display this product, visit navionics.com/compatibility, which is continuously
updated.
Existing customers can immediately take advantage of the latest enhancements by
updating their charts via the Freshest Data service, which enables free updates for one
year from purchase.
For more information on the SonarChart™ HD bathymetry map for Garmin plotters, or
to locate a dealer, please visit www.navionics.com.
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About Navionics®
For 30 years, Navionics® has developed and manufactured electronic navigation charts and systems for marine, inland lakes and rivers, and outdoors use. Navionics, based in Viareggio, Italy, operates its US headquarters in Wareham, MA, and worldwide offices in the UK, India, Australia, Estonia and Russia.
All imagery is available in high-resolution JPEG or TIFF formats. For hi-res imagery and other editorial requests, please contact:
Rus Graham
Rushton Gregory Communications
603-799-2540
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2015
Rus Graham PR Contact
Rushton Gregory Communications 603-868-1359
NAVIONICS EXPANDS PLOTTER SYNC FEATURES FOR USE WITH RAYMARINE WI-FI PLOTTERS
Wireless Transfer Now Also Includes Routes and Markers
Wareham, Mass. – Navionics, the leader in content and location-based services for the
recreational boating and outdoor markets, announced today an update to its free Plotter
Sync feature included in every version of the Navionics Boating app. Now with Plotter
Sync, Raymarine Wi-Fi plotter owners can connect through the Navionics Boating app
on iPhone, iPad or Android to transfer routes and markers, upload sonar logs for an
enhanced SonarChart™ and download updated charts to their plotter card.
“Plotter Sync offers incredible convenience to Raymarine owners,” said Don Black,
senior vice president of global sales and marketing, Navionics, “With wireless transfer of
routes and markers, sonar logs and chart data, users benefit with better charts each
time they step on the boat.”
Transfer routes and markers
Boaters can conveniently plan trips on their phone or tablet then transfer routes and
markers to the plotter as soon as they are onboard using their Navionics card or any
blank card. The same can be done from plotter to mobile device to review navigation
once back ashore.
Upload sonar logs
Sonar logs are effortlessly uploaded to Navionics servers through the Boating app to
enhance SonarChart™, the HD bathymetry map featuring extraordinary bottom contour
detail, great for increasing awareness of shallow waters and for locating fishing areas at
any depth level. Dragonfly PRO 4 and 5 owners can also contribute depth data by using
the free SonarChart™ Live feature embedded within the Navionics Boating app while
enjoying real-time contours displayed split-screen with CHIRP DownVision™ and
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fishfinder. SonarChart Live™ is an excellent and exciting way to monitor the
improvements a survey will bring to SonarChart™ because changes can be instantly
viewed during the sonar log collection process.
Download updated charts
Users can enjoy the most up-to-date charts and download their new enhanced
SonarChart™ after about one week without ever having to remove their card from their
plotter. Wireless chart updates are possible for Navionics+, Navionics Updates,
Platinum+ and HotMaps Platinum cards with an active Freshest Data subscription, free
for one year with any Navionics card. Navionics cards bundled with some Raymarine
products may also be updated using Plotter Sync.
Availability
Plotter Sync is available with Navionics Boating for iPhone, iPad (version 7.1 and
greater) and Android (version 4.5 and greater), and works with Wi-Fi enabled Raymarine
a, c, e, and gS Series plotters running LightHouse II R10 or later and with the Dragonfly
PRO. Learn more at www.navionics.com/plotter-sync.
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About Navionics®
For 30 years, Navionics® has developed and manufactured electronic navigation charts and systems for marine, inland lakes and rivers, and outdoors use. Navionics, based in Viareggio, Italy, operates its US headquarters in Wareham, MA, and worldwide offices in the UK, India, Australia, Estonia and Russia.
All imagery is available in high-resolution JPEG or TIFF formats. For hi-res imagery and other editorial requests, please contact:
Rus Graham
Rushton Gregory Communications
603-799-2540
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2015
Rus Graham PR Contact
Rushton Gregory Communications 603-868-1359
NAVIONICS BOATING APP OFFERS AUTOROUTING FROM DOCK TO DOCK
Improved Autorouting Displays Smoother, More Detailed Routes to Points of
Interest and Chart Coordinates
Wareham, Mass. – Navionics has made it even easier for boaters to plan their outings on a
mobile device using the Navionics Boating app’s improved Autorouting feature. New
functionality enables dock to dock route planning along US coastal marine, Great Lakes, and
major rivers areas.
To use, boaters simply tap their start and end waypoints on the map, and Autorouting
provides viable routes taking into consideration navaids, water depth and more. The
app displays the route along with any precautions such as shallow water or collision
avoidance, as well as speed, ETA, distance to arrival and total distance, all helpful to
decision-making while underway, especially in unfamiliar areas. It is also possible to
search geo-referenced points of interest such as marinas and waterfront restaurants, or
enter a latitude/longitude for any destination. Autorouting is for general planning and
reference only – it does not replace safe navigation practices and should never be your
only reference source.
“Navionics New Autorouting is truly ground-breaking in its ability to plot a course through the
maze of variables that one considers when route planning,” said Don Black, senior vice
president of global sales and marketing, Navionics. “Plus it now comes free with a Navionics+
subscription on the Navionics Boating app.”
The latest improvements to Autorouting are available with the Navionics Boating version
8.0 for iPhone and iPad, as part of the overwhelming value of the Navionics+ package.
Autorouting for Android is coming soon.
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NAVIONICS BOATING APP OFFERS AUTOROUTING FROM DOCK TO DOCK
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About Navionics®
For 30 years, Navionics® has developed and manufactured electronic navigation charts and systems for marine, inland lakes and rivers, and outdoors use. Navionics, based in Viareggio, Italy, operates its US headquarters in Wareham, MA, and worldwide offices in the UK, India, Australia, Estonia and Russia.
All imagery is available in high-resolution JPEG or TIFF formats. For hi-res imagery and other editorial requests, please contact:
Rus Graham
Rushton Gregory Communications
603-799-2540
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NEW NAVIONICS WEB API IS LIVE
Now Everyone Can Add Navionics Charts to Their Website
Wareham, Mass. – Navionics, the leader in content and location-based services for the
recreational boating and outdoor markets, announced today a major advancement in its
Web API. Offering organizations the ability to inject Navionics cartography into their
website, the latest Web API release streamlines the process of adding Navionics charts
in conjunction with a long list of advanced features to better engage with any online
audience. Implementation can be done in as little as three minutes.
An exceptional reference tool, Navionics Web API is recommended for companies and
professionals in the boating industry who want to add the Navionics Nautical Chart
and/or the SonarChart™ HD bathymetry map to their website. Other relevant features
such as points of interest, graphics and tracks can also be quickly added by importing
Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files. It’s also possible to overlay satellite imagery
with Bing, zoom in/out, measure distance, select preferred units of measurement, and
more. Navionics dealers can add the latest Navionics retail chart catalog, which
includes chart boundaries, as a tool to help customers select the right product. The Web
API provides an all-in-one solution for embedding functionality into any website.
“Now is the perfect time to install our free Web API developer solution,” said Don Black,
senior vice president of global sales and marketing, Navionics. “Delivering the best of
our powerful charting features in an easy to use, customizable solution, our API offers
countless benefits to publishers, international organizations, marine electronics
manufacturers, charter companies, marine and fishing apparel dealers and distributors,
fishing forums, fishing tournaments, regattas and seaside retail locations, to name a
few.”
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The Web API is available in English, Italian, French, Spanish and German. To learn
more, see examples or register for a Web API license key, visit
http://webapiv2.navionics.com/. Dedicated partner support is available to assist with
implementation.
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About Navionics®
For 30 years, Navionics® has developed and manufactured electronic navigation charts and systems for marine, inland lakes and rivers, and outdoors use. Navionics, based in Viareggio, Italy, operates its US headquarters in Wareham, MA, and worldwide offices in the UK, India, Australia, Estonia and Russia.
All imagery is available in high-resolution JPEG or TIFF formats. For hi-res imagery and other editorial requests, please contact:
Rus Graham
Rushton Gregory Communications
603-799-2540
