SeaQuest at Mac App Store analyse

SeaQuest is a feature richt marine application designed for skippers and marine enthusiasts, that provides real time passage information and greatly enhances safety on-board. Developed and tested on a real sailing yacht, SeaQuest makes use of a combination of the iPads internal GPS and Compass sensors to provide instant data on current position, speed over ground, course and heading plotted on a stylish MFD. But this is just part of it; SeaQuest can also connect to your boats systems via an NMEA-to-WiFi bridge, collecting real-time data from multiple onboard sensors and an AIS receiver in order to display accurate information about your position, speed, depth below keel, wind speed/direction and surrounding marine traffic amongst other things. SeaQuest includes: - NMEA on TCP and UDP interfaces - IP Multicast allow multiple instances of the app to connect to the same onboard systems - Loxodromic and Orthodromic mathematical models - NMEA 0183 support for VDM, RMC, GSA, GSV, GLL, VTG, GGA, HDT, HDG, VHW, DBT, DPT, MWV , MTW and RMB sentences - Distance and speed units selection - Support for Portrait and Landscape orientations An advanced Multi Function Display (MFD) with: - GPS Position Information - Speed Over Ground, Course Over Ground, Heading - Speed over Water, Depth Below Keel - Apparent and True Wind Speed and Direction - Beaufort Scale Estimation on screen - DTW, BTW, XTE and VMG when next waypoint is available - Dynamic zoomable range from 1NM to 10000NM+ - Moving map with North-Up, Course-Up and HDG-Up - Built-in world-wide map for use when offline/offshore - Arc mode for increased visibility of what lies ahead - Plotting of AIS targets including ships, navigation aids, shore stations and Search and Rescue (SAR) aircrafts. - On-Map measurment of range, bearing and ETE to any given point - AIS vessel information including Name, MMSI, SOG, COG, RNG, BRG - Advanced calculation of CPA and TCPA to any AIS ship - Selection of rhumb-line or great-circle navigation - Mercator Projection Plus an AIS engine with: - List of all surrounding AIS vessels sorted by distance - Detailed AIS information on vessels including all static and dynamic performance indicators (MMSI, position, SOG, COG, country, dimensions, ...) - Display of broadcasted and directed AIS safety related messages - An NMEA decoder to interface with onboard AIS receivers