Category winner – Digital Yacht
Category winner – Digital Yacht
Digital Yacht’s iAIS, wirelessly links a boat's navigation data to the Apple iPhone, iPad or iTouch.
It also incorporates a highly sophisticated, dual channel Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver allowing compatible “apps” access to NMEA instrument, GPS and AIS data.
iPad and iPhone users simply turn on their device to wirelessly connect to the iAIS hot spot. No connection to the internet is needed and there are no cumbersome cables to connect.
The AIS data (which brings information such as position, name, call sign, MMSI number, course and speed of other ships) then becomes available for any compatible application. iAIS also multiplexes any other NMEA data that is available on board the boat - for instance GPS, depth, speed, wind etc. All of this information is combined with the AIS data into the wireless feed.
iAIS is priced at €459.00 excluding VAT and is also compatible with any PC or other application (Android, Windows mobile etc) that can accept wireless (TCP/IP) data for navigation information.
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