Sonar Charts Shading NOW

mikenav

Finally here... Been messing around with this all weekend, just checking out some of the lakes and rivers in Central and North Florida. Pretty cool when you get a lake with some real bottom topography (not Lake O!). Cool stuff. Should be pretty useful this summer. 

Have some pretty cool screenshots coming up, but here is an idea of what i have coming. 

SC53

Mike will this work with an existing Hotmaps platinum?

mikenav

SC53 said:

Mike will this work with an existing Hotmaps platinum?

Yes. You just have to update your HotMaps Platinum chip. It will add in the new layer when you update it. 

SC53

Sweet!
Do you happen to have a link where I go to do that Mike?

SC53

Got it done mike. 

Reel Shocker

Will it show up 50-60 offshore St Augustine?

SC53

Reel shocker, my chip only shows bottom contour offshore about 10 miles at the most as it is mainly a freshwater lake chip.
I tried the new upgrade yesterday out of Canaveral and the new shading layer showed nothing. I was able to pan inland over lakes and could see the new layer though.
You may want to look a the C-mor mapping. It’s very expensive but I’ve seen it off Canaveral and it’s a game changer. 

Reel Shocker

Thanks 

mikenav

Sorry y'all, was on vacation (first in looooong while) and far away from internet. The Sonar Chart shading extends three miles offshore at this point. I would expect it to extend further, it's just a matter of them getting to it. A month ago, there wasn't even any south Florida shading, so it's coming. 

finbully

Renewed my 906P+ card no shading in the Keys. Specifically renewed the card since I’m making a trip to the Keys very soon. I feel like I wasted $199 now. Thanks Navionics.

mikenav

finbully said:

Renewed my 906P+ card no shading in the Keys. Specifically renewed the card since I’m making a trip to the Keys very soon. I feel like I wasted $199 now. Thanks Navionics.

When you renewed it, did you also specifically redownload The Keys? There is a way to renew the card without updating it, so make sure it's updated.

finbully

Yes I did, they sent me a new card which I activated. Using it on a Simrad NSS EVO 3...

mikenav

finbully said:

Yes I did, they sent me a new card which I activated. Using it on a Simrad NSS EVO 3...

Cool. Glad you're all taken care of. Good luck!

finbully

mikenav said:

finbully said:

Yes I did, they sent me a new card which I activated. Using it on a Simrad NSS EVO 3...

Cool. Glad you're all taken care of. Good luck!

No not resolved. I renewed, they sent me a new card as a result. I used the web app on my pc to activate and get freshest data in each category (community edits, etc). Put it in my Simard and no shading.

mikenav

Then it sounds like a setting issue? I actually spent a few minutes trying to get a Raymarine dialed in this weekend with the Sonar Chart Shading. I don't have the Simrad instructions right in front of me, all I can tell you is to make sure you have the Photo Overlay selection to "Full" and the Photo Transparency to "Minimum" Or Zero. Even with those set, I had to zoom in pretty close and then back out before they appeared. 

Where are you located?

finbully

Did a factory rest on the unit. Shading shows up now. Looks good, I had to zoom in and out too.

mikenav

finbully said:

Did a factory rest on the unit. Shading shows up now. Looks good, I had to zoom in and out too.

Very cool. Glad you got it working. Enjoy!