What tablet do you use on the boat for navigation?

[mrsrobinson]

My bad, I typed too fast.

From within the app, go into Menu, Map Options then scroll to the bottom select reset default values.

Sorry Menu not settings.

I see that, click it, nothing happens.

I just threw my phone out the window, problem solved

I have read all of their Help, done it all, no change. Ugh

https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=hlRS7nAXZR0K33WF6AWtT9

 

[mrsrobinson]

I am onto something here, seeing some curvy lines using Automatic if I do short distances between waypoints.

 

[Nauti 97]

Yeah, I did more research on this over the weekend, it's definitely doable. I still can't get the Automatic route to work on my NAVIONICs phone app or the website without it drawing a straight line between the 2 points though, ugh.

I found that on the auto route it will draw a straight line from point to point if you have a lot of turns like in a river or channel way.
I took and cut the route into sections by just touching the screen at different points along your intended route. It adds a pink circle as a way point at each point you touch and will build the route from start to finish from those points. I think all of the turns cause it to have too calculate with to many way points all at once. That’s why it draws a straight line. It worked a couple of different times for me when I did that.

 

[Nauti 97]

Mine will only autoroute for about 30-50 miles before puking on itself. It won't autoroute a day long trip.

try what I just replied to mrsrobinson. I routed a 400 mile trip that way. It worked fine.

 

[jmauld]

try what I just replied to mrsrobinson. I routed a 400 mile trip that way. It worked fine.

Are you doing this on an iPad?

 

[mrsrobinson]

I found that on the auto route it will draw a straight line from point to point if you have a lot of turns like in a river or channel way.
I took and cut the route into sections by just touching the screen at different points along your intended route. It adds a pink circle as a way point at each point you touch and will build the route from start to finish from those points. I think all of the turns cause it to have too calculate with to many way points all at once. That’s why it draws a straight line. It worked a couple of different times for me when I did that.

That's what I was doing later this afternoon and it seemed to be working, haven't tried it since. It would draw a small straight line then within a second corrected to a curved line. So your explanation seems to be spot on.

 

[Skybolt]

I found that on the auto route it will draw a straight line from point to point if you have a lot of turns like in a river or channel way.
I took and cut the route into sections by just touching the screen at different points along your intended route. It adds a pink circle as a way point at each point you touch and will build the route from start to finish from those points. I think all of the turns cause it to have too calculate with to many way points all at once. That’s why it draws a straight line. It worked a couple of different times for me when I did that.

On an Android tablet and a Chrome Book, I planed an around DelMarVa route, Chesapeake bay from Annapolis up to and through the C& D canal then down Delaware bay and outside ocean run to Norfolk VA and back up the bay to Annapolis. Auto Routed the whole thing no issues at all.

Very strange there are so many issues. I was one of the early adopters with this app and never had any trouble with it.

 

[Nauti 97]

Are you doing this on an iPad?

Yes I have an Ipad

 

[jmauld]

Yes I have an Ipad

I just tried the same route on my phone and it dies at about the same point. It sucks because it’s really not that useful if it can’t route more than 30 miles.

trying to route from Carolina beach to charleston SC and it barely makes it to SC.

 

[Skybolt]

I just tried the same route on my phone and it dies at about the same point. It sucks because it’s really not that useful if it can’t route more than 30 miles.

trying to route from Carolina beach to charleston SC and it barely makes it to SC.

Just did Norfolk to Beaufort 498 miles on my Pixel 6 Pro.

 

[Nauti 97]

On an Android tablet and a Chrome Book, I planed an around DelMarVa route, Chesapeake bay from Annapolis up to and through the C& D canal then down Delaware bay and outside ocean run to Norfolk VA and back up the bay to Annapolis. Auto Routed the whole thing no issues at all.

Very strange there are so many issues. I was one of the early adopters with this app and never had any trouble with it.

yeah! I use an IPad. A lower end model. Or an IPhone 13.
I am not sure if the type of computer or tablet makes a difference but the processor size does I think. My thought with it was this:
Every time the route has to make a turn it lays down a marker. If there are a lot of turns in a small distance it has a hard time computing.
If you break it into small sections or tracks it can compute easier. For example from section Start to point 1, Then from point 1 to point 2, then point 2 to point 3 etc. then it can auto route the points together after that. I believe that’s why it works when you break it up. It registers them as all separate little tracks and adds them all together to create the route. It’s My thought only that it has something to do with computer processor size.

 

[Nauti 97]

This is what I’m talking about by breaking it into sections,
This trip has 2 rivers you navigate with several turns and caution areas. I start at pink circle and go to point no.1 and so on. It breaks it into sections and then routes the sections showing distance between sections and total distance. I like this because it gives me an Idea of where I would need to route to take on gasoline. My iPad would not route this whole trip as 1 auto route from start to finish.

 

[Skybolt]

You can always switch over to Garmin and use the Active Captain app which allows you to download your chart and use it on your device.

 

[Nauti 97]

You can always switch over to Garmin and use the Active Captain app which allows you to download your chart and use it on your device.

I have Garmin on my boat. I do transfer to it. The IPad is for pre planning and back up.

 

[Skybolt]

I have Garmin on my boat. I do transfer to it. The IPad is for pre planning and back up.

Then you should be using the Active Captain app, you download your chart card and plot trips on your phone then upload to the MFD. The only draw back is Active Captain only allows two devices like your phone and tablet. Very stupid IMO and don't understand why they impose that limitation.

 

[Nauti 97]

Then you should be using the Active Captain app, you download your chart card and plot trips on your phone then upload to the MFD. The only draw back is Active Captain only allows two devices like your phone and tablet. Very stupid IMO and don't understand why they impose that limitation.

Thanks for that advice.
How do you download a chart card to an IPhone?

 

[ranger58sb]

Just did Norfolk to Beaufort 498 miles on my Pixel 6 Pro.

Interesting routing. I've read Oregon Inlet isn't for the faint of heart... and we've gotten seriously beat-up on the outside route between Southport and Winyah Bay (Georgetown).

Does the app allow you to specify inland (AICW) routing?

-Chris

 

[Skybolt]

Interesting routing. I've read Oregon Inlet isn't for the faint of heart... and we've gotten seriously beat-up on the outside route between Southport and Winyah Bay (Georgetown).

Does the app allow you to specify inland (AICW) routing?

-Chris

Chris not sure which app your referring too? but the post you responded to was for the Navionics app and yes that will auto route anywhere you have downloaded the chart for. Sometimes you need to help it out a bit by entering more then two points.

That said I would never rely on an app to get me in an inlet especially Oregon inlet. The shoaling changes from storm to storm there. And you really need the local updates to get that right.

 

[Skybolt]

Thanks for that advice.
How do you download a chart card to an IPhone?

Because it's the AC app it already knows what product's you own and makes them available automatically. So in the app just select Chart as the below SS depicts. Then scroll around and or make a route and it will download the areas automatically. Much like the Navionics app. It also supports relief shading as well. Below is just depth shading totally customizable.

My favorite view is still the Navionics app Sonar shading, the blue is very easy to see in sun light.

 

[ranger58sb]

Chris not sure which app your referring too? but the post you responded to was for the Navionics app and yes that will auto route anywhere you have downloaded the chart for. Sometimes you need to help it out a bit by entering more then two points.

That said I would never rely on an app to get me in an inlet especially Oregon inlet. The shoaling changes from storm to storm there. And you really need the local updates to get that right.

Yeah, I meant whatever app you used to post the auto-routing pic in post #90.

Not sure I see much benefit to auto-routing anyway, for that matter. At least for us. Especially if you have to help it along.

I guess I am my own auto-router.

-Chris