Anyone know why Navionics charges 10x more for a chartplotter version of the same charts?
I can get the whole of SE Asia as an app for $35 and its $350 for the SD card with the same thing on it!!
I use an iPad and iPhone but more as back-ups. I quite like my chart plotter in the cockpit but those prices are just stupid. Funny thing in this day and age, if there was no app, I would just suck it up and buy the Sd card but knowing I'm being ripped off makes me sorta pissed.

Anyone got a card lying around thats not needed anymore?

Garmin recently bought them out, so expect to be gouged in the future..

Ive been holding off downloading the new version but as I have seven days left I took the plunge last week and have already noticed a diminishing of detail on the charts. Eg on a fishing mark of mine:
The old screen shot:



and the new screenshot of the same location







and more of a worrying safety issue, Chinaman's Hat, a large structure just north of the shipping channel out from Sorrento?Portsea only becomes visible on the chart when the map is expanded right out! It doesn't even appear on the chart when zoomed out! Now in my view this is bordering on criminal negligence. I notice that the on line web app maps still contain the finer detail as my old app did.

Has any one else noticed a dumbing down of details for their area with the new version?

Dexport said..
Anyone know why Navionics charges 10x more for a chartplotter version of the same charts?
I can get the whole of SE Asia as an app for $35 and its $350 for the SD card with the same thing on it!!
I use an iPad and iPhone but more as back-ups. I quite like my chart plotter in the cockpit but those prices are just stupid. Funny thing in this day and age, if there was no app, I would just suck it up and buy the Sd card but knowing I'm being ripped off makes me sorta pissed.

Anyone got a card lying around thats not needed anymore?

I'm in the same situation as you Dexport - I agree their $350 charge for a new card (CF in my case) is outrageous. There's no justification for this other than outright greed.
regards
Allan

Free Market play 101 - launch product at attractive price (or even free), gain traction, wear out or buy out competitors by providing very good value, reach dominant market position then gradually jack up the price, knowing that 70-80% of customers tend to stay with the familiar and pay up. Shareholders like this.

Yeah it sucks. I ended up shelling out the cash. I don't use navionics that much even but it's nice to have on the display just for routing and distance. I use Ovitalmap to really pre plan my routes and for entering lagoons etc. here in raja ampat navionics is just not accurate enough. **** company that I will very happily not recommend to anyone. I emailed them about my concerns and their arrogant reply was that the card version has more options and is more expensive to produce.

I'm gonna pm you Vernon about stuff.