La navigation maritime sous Android
Tablettes, smartphones et accessoires utiles à la navigation.
The new GNS 3000 announced by Global Navigation Systems since last spring is finally available (¹). It replaces the GNS 2000 Plus. Now equipped with a Bluetooth transmitter 5.0, it has an SD Card connector to record position data continuously.
Compatible with Android products, it is mainly aimed at devices without integrated GPS. It can be used with all PDAs, Bluetooth-enabled laptops and tablets. It has a Li-Ion battery offering a battery life of 10 hours continuously. Read more …
Quelques jours avant l’ouverture du Nautic de Paris où, je le rappelle, je serai présent sur le stand iTabNav (Hall 2.1 – D31), un tour d’horizon s’impose. Et justement, dans notre horizon immédiat nous aurons, comme chaque année, la proximité des fabricants d’électronique de marine et de leurs représentants.
Lors de la précédente édition du salon nautique, j’avais pu constater la frilosité – pour ne pas dire l’hostilité – des fabricants à l’égard du phénomène croissant des tablettes et autres smartphones sur le marché de la navigation. A force de promouvoir ces appareils et leurs applications, je ne me suis probablement pas fait que des amis dans ce milieu. However, la forte pression des acheteurs de bateaux, et donc d’électronique de navigation, a contraint lesdits fabricants à intégrer un minimum d’interactivité entre leur propre matériel et les appareils mobiles possédés désormais par une majorité de navigateurs.
Ce qui m’incite à faire un rapide point sur l’état des applications fournies et l’avancée des fonctions proposées.
The 14 mars 2011 I announced the appearance of the e-commerce website specializing in accessories, Supports and connection devices dedicated to iPhone and iPad for maritime navigation : iPadNav.fr. Since then, its founder and I maintained a close collaboration, our complementary actions allowing us to provide an effective response to all new users of these wonderful tools perfectly suited to nautical activities. Many of you were able to meet me several times on his stand, both at the Grand Pavois in La Rochelle and at the Nautic in Paris.
After three years of existence, Dominique Gauthier’s company has grown considerably, to the point of wanting to expand its offering to users other than boating : outdoor sports, hiking, trekking, fitness, and all leisure activities for which numerous targeted applications are now available, both for Apple devices and for the fast-growing market for Android devices.
For this reason, iPadNav has just announced in a press release the change of name of its website to iTabNav.fr July 1st 2014, in a stated desire to open its offering to all accessories useful for tablets and smartphones, regardless of brand or operating system, and for all leisure activities.
Let's hope that this new extended offer meets the same success as for pleasure boating., because iTabNav.fr will offer specialized products scattered across multiple foreign websites on a single French website. With local French service and support as a bonus.
Crosscall is a French mobile brand created and run by the company Tech&Me SAS whose headquarters is in Châteauneuf-les-Martigues near Marseille. It develops a series of mobile telephone devices intended mainly for outdoor leisure activities and professionals in restrictive environments..
3 models are offered under Android (4.0.4) : Wild, Element et Odyssey, whose prices range respectively from 149 up to 315 € approximately at resellers. Dust and waterproof, equipped like most smartphones with a GPS receiver associated with a cellular location service, they can be used perfectly with maritime navigation applications. Read more …
Google's new smartphone will bring, in addition to the numerous improvements to its general characteristics, unrivaled location accuracy on Android. Read more …