App Detail » Boat Beacon

Published by: Pocket Mariner Ltd.

+ Universal & Apple Watch App - Designed for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch

Price: $14.99
Current Version: 5.0.1
Released: February 16, 2012

What's New

You can now tell Boat Beacon what to do with new Siri voice command support:-

-Man Overboard - Toggles Marking and tracking a man overboard position with Boat Beacon
-Start Sailing - put Boat Beacon into “On boat” mode. Same as tapping the Sailboat icon bottom left
-Finish Sailing - Turn off Boat Beacon “On boat” mode.
-Drop Anchor - Mark your anchor position and set a drift zone around it.
-Up Anchor - removes the Anchor watch.
-Navigation status - report current speed, course and heading.

Map tilt ( 3D) and rotate ( two fingers - see advanced setting to enable). Zoom in 3D with satellite map enabled to see 3D buildings around boatd and ports etc.

Fix for App crashing on launch due to bad saved map region.

App Description

Boat Beacon is an internet AIS receiver and transmitter for your iPhone and iPad. It is the only AIS ship tracking app to provide Collision Warnings, share your boat’s position & use real-time AIS data.

Connected to the largest network of AIS shore receivers world-wide covering most major ports, harbours and popular coastal areas.

“An outstanding app, with great potential. Both interesting to use and very user friendly. This could be a life saver and especially of interest to small boat users. Everyone who goes on the water should have this on and use it!” ***** Sun Dream, App Store Review

Boat Beacon is specifically designed for boaters & provides continuous Bearing, Range & Closest Point of Approach (CPA) calculations and alarms in addition to standard AIS information even when in the background.

Boat Beacon does not require any external AIS transponder or receiver equipment.

Key Features
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Over-the-horizon collision avoidance (30 miles radius) using continuous CPA calculations - highlights boats that are on a potential collision course and alerts you with an alarm.

Continually transmits and receives position information via the internet and calculates and alarms CPA even when the app is in the background.

Shares your position with Internet AIS Systems and apps and other Boat Beacon users in real time.

Real time ship map view with North up and Heading up modes so you can look in the direction of the ships on the map to locate them.

Nav display showing own boat's speed, course, heading and position.

Man Overboard tracking, SART Alarm, Anchor watch and Theft alarms.

Apple Watch App included

Siri voice commands

Export tracks

Boat-to-Boat & Boat-to-Group Messaging.

Local AIS and GPS via Wifi.

Boat Beacon InApp Add-ons:-

LiveView - Augmented Reality view with ships, compass & horizon overlaid. Works with FLIROne Infra-red cameras as well to see ships & people in the dark & fog (IAP)

"AIS Sharing" to other apps like Navionics & iNavX (IAP subscription)

US, UK and IE Marine raster charts (IAP).

Let Friends and Family see where you are and where you're headed to with our free Boat Watch app or on web-based AIS systems like MarineTraffic which have free web viewers available.

Arm all the crews in a race with Boat Beacon and have real time updates on the race positions on the water and back in the club house.

Keep a watch and in touch with other boats in your flotilla when sailing in a group.

Boat Beacon requires internet access to work. Most popular coastal areas have cellular data access extending 12 or more miles out to sea.

Subscriptions
The "AIS Sharing " subscription is monthly ($5.99) or yearly ($16.49), and will automatically renew at the end of the subscription period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase, and will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the iTunes account holder and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase.  No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period.

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Support: [email protected]

Your position can be shared and seen on all our apps without using an MMSI number. To be seen on Global AIS systems like MarineTraffic you need an MMSI number. In the US you can obtain one by visiting http://www.boatus.com/mmsi or email us for a free internet MMSI number.

Please note that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Boat Beacon should only be used for basic navigation reference and should not be solely relied upon to determine precise locations, proximity, distance, or direction. You will not be visible to other ships on VHF only AIS systems.