You remember the launch of TimeZero in June 2013 and the interest aroused among the many users of MaxSea on PC. I then wrote :
MaxSea is already planning future developments of its application. A future major release will likely see connection to external instruments over WiFi, File transfers (waypoints, routes and tracks files) with other applications, perhaps openness to other charting editors
We waited, hoped, and then Pschiiitt ! No more evolution since that date except for a few cosmetic improvements in November 2013 before the Paris Boat Show. No more contact for me with the developers (I was a tester for the beta versions). No more news for a year until rumors reported from the last METS in Amsterdam reporting an ongoing development integrating (finally) AIS, and also WiFi radar DRS4W by Furuno. This has now been done since the 23 th.
TimeZero 2.0 : AIS and WiFi Radar
There are two options for activating the features : AIS for 9 € and Radar for 45 €. About the latter, considering the price of the Radar DRS4W, This option could have been provided free of charge (*) !
Connecting to AIS, once the iPad is connected to the Wi-Fi of the transponder or the multiplexer, is carried out by entering the IP address and the specific communication port of the device .
AIS targets display with differentiated colors (Class A or B) and velocity vectors with adjustable duration or distance, with ROT indicator (Rate Of Turn). Tapping on a ship icon opens a window with detailed information, as well as the approach calculations (CPA, TCPA).
Unfortunately, I don't have a better capture, without internet to restore my cards.
About Radar, It will wait before finding screenshots other than those provided by Nobeltec when training indoors to the USA to get an opinion.
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Little change in the user interface. The toolbar has been moved to the bottom of the screen, the settings menu has been enriched with TCP/IP functions and some improvements. The big news is the obligation to create a "My TimeZero" account at the first opening, which you wonder what it will be used for, but purchases restore in-app (charts and options) that would normally go through iCloud Drive.
I will not fail to do a little more in-depth test in the spring as soon as I board a boat equipped with an AIS transponder.
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(*) It should be remembered that Furuno is a shareholder in 49% Signet S.A. owner of MaxSea. See my post The stakeholders of electronic charting
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Thank you indeed bravo weather 4d ! when will the version with SHOM card for iOS be released? ?
Friendly
Good evening,
If having raster maps offers a useful complement to the vector of iNavX and for an incomparable price, however, these cards on TimeZero have two big flaws that make them dangerous to date, especially if you only have them to navigate. On the one hand, they are not up to date depending on the area, and on the other hand the tiling of the cards is not good, because it obscures certain dangerous areas which in the following example are next to the editor, which I appreciate anyway for the quality of its products on PC, but on their iPad app to date with much less enthusiasm. For example, if we zoom in on Hendaye and look at the area known as the Briquets, to the ENE of the port exit along the coast, the rocks of the Briquets can be seen very well but which are cut into 2 between two maps of different scales but not covering each other. The rocks of the Briquets are in fact obscured on the eastern part of the map of lower scale which would be supposed to give the best precision. If the sailor does not know this coast, of which Lighters are a real danger (moreover not marked), trusts only this map, he could get too close to it, or even get knocked out by a blow from Embata, Very sudden strong wind well known here.
Thank you for your opinion.
Friendly
Mon avis est que certains savent mieux faire :
https://youtu.be/JIacP2CD4tc
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Les cartes ne sont toujours pas à jour Yeu-Noirmoutier-Fromentine bien que cela leur ait été signalé des 2013 (copies d’écran navionics jointes !)
– Modifications ponton Ile d’Yeu
– Encore l’ancienne estacade Fromentine
– Aménagement port Morin vierge
En gros 8 ans de retard
Sincerely
Hello Francis
The version 2 comporte peu de changements , ormis ceux que tu signales, qui sont liés à du matériel.
La météo est toujours aussi minimaliste (terrain d’aviation le plus proche)
Les routes ne sont pas exportables, ni importables .
C’est joli, mais très loin de iNavX ou iSailor
Sincerely
René