Navionics charting questions - need help with charting?

[cashion1]

Hotmaps Premium. Same card I've had for the past two years. Both of those years had community edits on them.

[Wayne P.]

Hotmaps Premium. Same card I've had for the past two years. Both of those years had community edits on them.

According to the Navionics web site products list, Community Edits is available on the Hotmaps Platinum and Navionics+ versions.

It is not shown as part of the Hotmaps Premium content- that only has Nautical Charts.

You cannot renew the subscription for the Premium version, you can only use it to verify a Navionics Update purchase to convert the Update to Navionics+, then you would get the Community Edits and Sonar Charts along with Nautical Charts of locations you select.

[cashion1]

According to the Navionics web site products list, Community Edits is available on the Hotmaps Platinum and Navionics+ versions.

It is not shown as part of the Hotmaps Premium content- that only has Nautical Charts.

You cannot renew the subscription for the Premium version, you can only use it to verify a Navionics Update purchase to convert the Update to Navionics+, then you would get the Community Edits and Sonar Charts along with Nautical Charts of locations you select.

OK. Thank You for the information.
While updating the original card, two of the three available updates were checked, (available for updates). The third, (community edits), was not checked. I clicked on community edits and a balloon pop-up says, CE not available for this unit/chip (do not remember exact wording). After download was complete both available updates had green color checks with statements saying download successful.

I have yet to put boat in water and try the new updates. That will happen this week beginning Wed.
From my understanding of your answer, I take it I need to purchase a nav+ chip to see sonar charts on my screen? Otherwise I will only see nautical charts?

BTW, Am I not seeing wing dams on the Mississippi because my chip does not have sonar charts? Will sonar charts show secondary wing dams ie:(show the same content as what is shown on their web app)?

[Wayne P.]

OK. Thank You for the information.
While updating the original card, two of the three available updates were checked, (available for updates). The third, (community edits), was not checked. I clicked on community edits and a balloon pop-up says, CE not available for this unit/chip (do not remember exact wording). After download was complete both available updates had green color checks with statements saying download successful.

I have yet to put boat in water and try the new updates. That will happen this week beginning Wed.
From my understanding of your answer, I take it I need to purchase a nav+ chip to see sonar charts on my screen? Otherwise I will only see nautical charts?

BTW, Am I not seeing wing dams on the Mississippi because my chip does not have sonar charts? Will sonar charts show secondary wing dams ie:(show the same content as what is shown on their web app)?

Navionics Hotmaps Premium ONLY has Nautical Charts. If you want more data, you need another Navionics product.
You can get Sonar Charts and Community Edits with Hotmaps Platinum or Navionics+
Hotmaps Platinum has more features than Navionics+ and the memory card size is 16 GB.
Navionics+ / Navionics Update is a 2 GB memory card size.

Since you already have a Navionics product, you can get Navionics+ by purchasing the Navionics Update product. Re-read my last paragraph.
A direct purchase of Navionics+ is $179.
Navionics Update is $99.

Sonar Charts may or may not have any extra detail other than contour lines. Sonar Charts is user generated data and things like wing dams are not recorded when you do a recording and upload it to the Navionics Sonar Chart server.

IF you change the Web App view to display Sonar Charts, whatever detail is there is what you get when you download Sonar Charts. The Web App and what is on the Navionics down load server is updated every day.

On the Web App, there is a circle at the lower left of the panel. When that circle is Grey, that is Nautical Charts. When that circle of Blue, that is Sonar Charts. You click on it to change the color/view.
You view Sonar Charts on your sonar/GPS unit by selecting the FishNChip layer.

[cashion1]

Navionics Hotmaps Premium ONLY has Nautical Charts. If you want more data, you need another Navionics product.
You can get Sonar Charts and Community Edits with Hotmaps Platinum or Navionics+
Hotmaps Platinum has more features than Navionics+ and the memory card size is 16 GB.
Navionics+ / Navionics Update is a 2 GB memory card size.

Since you already have a Navionics product, you can get Navionics+ by purchasing the Navionics Update product. Re-read my last paragraph.
A direct purchase of Navionics+ is $179.
Navionics Update is $99.

Sonar Charts may or may not have any extra detail other than contour lines. Sonar Charts is user generated data and things like wing dams are not recorded when you do a recording and upload it to the Navionics Sonar Chart server.

IF you change the Web App view to display Sonar Charts, whatever detail is there is what you get when you download Sonar Charts. The Web App and what is on the Navionics down load server is updated every day.

On the Web App, there is a circle at the lower left of the panel. When that circle is Grey, that is Nautical Charts. When that circle of Blue, that is Sonar Charts. You click on it to change the color/view.
You view Sonar Charts on your sonar/GPS unit by selecting the FishNChip layer.

OK. So now I'm definitely confused. What did I buy? And what do I need to make it work?

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[cashion1]

Wayne: More info for you. Not sure if you need it. However, here it is;

Card - Navionics HOTMAPs Premium North MSD/PREM-N6

HB unit 788ci HDDI

[Wayne P.]

Wayne: More info for you. Not sure if you need it. However, here it is;

Card - Navionics HOTMAPs Premium North MSD/PREM-N6

HB unit 788ci HDDI

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