abkeenan Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 Like I stated in one of my posts I am upgrading my electronics for 2104. Just putting an Lowrance Elite 4 on the console and an Lowrance HDS7 with Lake Insight on the bow. Was wondering for those of you that have the Navionics Hot Maps do you think it is worth it to get the Platinum over the Premium. If so why? This stuff is all new to me as I am coming from OLD OLD OLD Eagle Stratus 128's that basically just told me depth. Thanks in advance.
wdberkley Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 One advantage of the Platinum Chip is the 3D & Satellite Overlay. On your HDS 7 it will give you a three dimensional view of the bottom of the lake. The 3D looks really cool on the screen of an HDS 10, but if you can envision the contours, you'll be fine - don't waste the $50 IMO.. I think the Platinum also offers Panoramic Photographs of select lakes - I don't need a picture, I'm on the lake. Also check out the Marine & Lakes USA Chart. It's $99 and lets you select a specific state. Bought one last year for Missouri to put in an Elite 7. Works pretty well.
Sore Thumbs Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 I have that overlay option and I never use it. Almost too small for my HDS7s. I have Navionics on troller and insight at the cockpit to navigate with. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2
wdberkley Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 I have that overlay option and I never use it. Almost too small for my HDS7s. I have Navionics on troller and insight at the cockpit to navigate with. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2 Seeing a lot of guys add an iPad or other tablet with cellular connectivity to the cockpit for navigation purposes. You can pull up Google or Bing maps, flip on satellite overlay, and have your position live. The thought is the satellite imagery provided by Google/Bing is better and will show you things Navionics won't. (You'd also have weather/radar, music, and access to other information like this forum while out on the water) Kinda a cool option if you've already got a tablet anyways.
abkeenan Posted January 7, 2014 Author Posted January 7, 2014 Seeing a lot of guys add an iPad or other tablet with cellular connectivity to the cockpit for navigation purposes. You can pull up Google or Bing maps, flip on satellite overlay, and have your position live. The thought is the satellite imagery provided by Google/Bing is better and will show you things Navionics won't. (You'd also have weather/radar, music, and access to other information like this forum while out on the water) Kinda a cool option if you've already got a tablet anyways. Only thing I really want is just an accurate GPS exactly where I am at on the contour lines on the graph.
wdberkley Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 I don't know if it's improved with the Gen 2 HDS Models, but the old standard was to add a GPS Puck to they system for improved accuracy over the internal GPS. http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Products/NMEA-2000/Point-1-en-us.aspx
inshore Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 not worth the money. some bells and whistles same map. send the money you save to old plugs retirement fund. you will love the new machines if you study and learn to use them.
motoman Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Only thing I really want is just an accurate GPS exactly where I am at on the contour lines on the graph. - Someone correct me if I'm wrong; but unless you adjust the lake level in your mapping program; you won't get truly accurate contour readings of your exact position on the topo. Unless the lake is at normal pool? (Or do the new graphs compensate for that somehow?)
abkeenan Posted January 9, 2014 Author Posted January 9, 2014 - Someone correct me if I'm wrong; but unless you adjust the lake level in your mapping program; you won't get truly accurate contour readings of your exact position on the topo. Unless the lake is at normal pool? (Or do the new graphs compensate for that somehow?) I could be wrong but I don't think it matters. It follows the contour of the lake bottom and wouldn't matter the water level of the lake. Could be totally off but I thought that is how it worked.
motoman Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 I could be wrong but I don't think it matters. It follows the contour of the lake bottom and wouldn't matter the water level of the lake. Could be totally off but I thought that is how it worked. - You are correct ab.........sorry about that, I don't think I worded that correctly. I meant to say there were times when the water was low/high, and my graph would show the contour lines at a certain depth; yet because of high/low water; my sounder was showing actual depth; which was contradicting what the contour lines were labeled.
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