A brand new day is dawning for marine cartography, and Garmin’s newest launch is main the cost. Nicely, with unparalleled worldwide protection and the No. 1 marine mapping resolution1, you possibly can say we’ve been main the cost for some time — however now we’ve obtained one thing even higher.
Each Garmin Navionics and Garmin Navionics Imaginative and prescient are feature-rich, all-in-one-mapping options that boast bigger protection areas than ever earlier than and provides boaters the flexibility to seamlessly discover each inland and offshore waters. You’ll be able to select the usual possibility, Garmin Navionics+, or go for the premium Garmin Navionics Imaginative and prescient+ for added options. Beneath, we’ll break down the distinction.
What’s included with Garmin Navionics+?
With Garmin Navionics+ cartography, a mariner receives:
- Built-in Garmin and Navionics content material with a brand new, redesigned interface that options an up to date coloration palette and Navionics cartography-style look for distinctive protection in addition to readability.
- As much as 5,000 chart content material updates every day with a one-year subscription and the ActiveCaptain app, guaranteeing you at all times have probably the most up-to-date mapping on your time on the water.
- Constructed-in Auto Steering+2 expertise that gives boaters with optimum urged paths from dock to dock utilizing elements like desired depth, overhead clearance, chart knowledge and incessantly traveled routes.
- NOAA raster cartography accessible without cost by way of the ActiveCaptain app.
- Depth vary shading with as much as 10 color-shaded choices.
- As much as 1’ contours to supply a extra detailed picture of backside construction for improved fishing and navigation.
- Shallow water shading that highlights depths to assist in navigation.
- Entry to the ActiveCaptain Group to see standard factors of curiosity, suggestions and recommendation from boaters who frequent the world you intend to discover.
What extra options are included with Garmin Navionics Imaginative and prescient+?
Premium Garmin Navionics Imaginative and prescient+ cartography comes with a extra sturdy assortment of downloadable charts and superior options. Along with the Garmin Navionics+ options listed above, Garmin Navionics Imaginative and prescient+ customers obtain:
- Excessive-resolution aid shading that mixes coloration and shadow to provide you an easy-to-interpret, clearer view of backside construction than contour traces alone.
- Excessive-resolution satellite tv for pc imagery overlaid with navigational charts to provide you a sensible view of environment.
- Aerial images of the world’s ports, bridges, docks, navigational landmarks and extra to provide you a greater sense of environment above water.
- Facet scan pictures that seize submerged objects like wrecks, fallen timber and different potential hazards on choose U.S. lakes.
- Sonar imagery that reveals backside hardness on choose U.S. lakes.
- 3D views, similar to Mariner Eye and FishEye, to supply extra perspective each above and beneath the water.
What gadgets are appropriate with Garmin Navionics+ and Garmin Navionics Imaginative and prescient+ cartography?
Garmin Navionics+ and Garmin Navionics Imaginative and prescient+ are each appropriate with a spread of Garmin chartplotters, together with:
- ECHOMAP UHD collection
- ECHOMAP Extremely
- GPSMAP 8400/8600
- GPSMAP 7×3/9×3/12×3
- GPSMAP 10×2/12×2
- GPSMAP 12×2 TOUCH
- GPSMAP A12
- GPSMAP A7
- GPSMAP 7×2/9×2/12×2 PLUS
- GPSMAP 8700 BB
- GPSMAP A12 – VOLVO
- GPSMAP 7×3/9×3/12×3 – VOLVO
- GPSMAP 8400/8600 – VOLVO
The place can I purchase Garmin Navionics+ and Garmin Navionics Imaginative and prescient+?
Each the usual and premium variations of the newest Garmin cartography could be bought on a preloaded microSD card or downloaded to a beforehand bought microSD card by way of Garmin Specific. Merely plug in your new Garmin Navionics+ or Garmin Navionics Imaginative and prescient+ microSD card and begin utilizing the brand new charts immediately. You’ll be able to activate or renew a one-year Garmin cartography subscription throughout the ActiveCaptain app.
What if I already personal a Garmin chartplotter with built-in charts?
Not an issue. In case your chartplotter got here with built-in BlueChart g3 and/or LakeVü g3 mapping, you should purchase a devoted Garmin Navionics+ microSD card that delivers the brand new era of mapping on to your chartplotter. All it’s important to do is plug it in.
To be taught extra about Garmin Navionics+ and Garmin Navionics Imaginative and prescient+, click on right here.
1Primarily based on 2020 reported gross sales
2Auto Steering expertise is for planning functions solely and doesn’t substitute protected navigation operations
