Imray, the leading publisher of nautical charts, books and apps, has launched a new Navigator app to enable sailors to zoom and pan seamlessly across multiple nautical charts on their iPads and iPhones for easy navigation at sea.
The new fully functioning Navigator app was developed by web and mobile application development company, Xibis.
Available in six languages, the app offers subscriptions to sets of award-winning Imray nautical charts plus a selected range from other international Hydrographic Offices and publishers. It enables easy passage planning, route creation and sharing of tracks and waypoints with crew or friends, as well as access to tidal information, AIS and NMEA data.
The Navigator app contains GPS software, navigation tools and demonstration versions of charts of the English Channel. It is available from from the Apple App Store.
Lucy Wilson explains: “The new Navigator app supercedes our existing Charts app and offers access to our comprehensive base of nautical information. It provides the international sailing community with the latest information to help them to more effectively plan and navigate their voyages.”
Xibis Managing Director, Neil Morjaria, added: “We’ve been working with Imray for around two years now, utilising mobile application technology to help them to digitally deliver the latest nautical information to their customers. The development of the new Navigator app is a significant launch for sailors, crews, and boat and yacht owners.”
About Imray:
Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd was formed in 1904 when three London chart publishing firms, each with a history going back to the mid-1700s, amalgamated. Now based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, the company is the leading publisher of nautical books, charts and apps, publishing information for sailors to plan and navigate worldwide.
Imray charts are now produced digitally for both the printed and electronic editions by its drawing office team. Its catalogue of yachting charts is regarded as the best available, with award-winning cartography that sets the standard for the leisure sailing sector.
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