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Aquarius ENC Plotter

Navigate using NOAA's official, freely available electronic charts.

Applied Vanilla Studios · com.appliedvanilla.android.chart57app

Not rated yet 5K+ downloads v2024.0 5.2 MB Android 5.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

  • Signature matches the Google Play version Details

At a glance

Latest version
v2024.0 (124)
Updated
Apr 25, 2024 (2 years ago)
APK size
5.2 MB
Requires
Android 5.0+ (API 21)
CPU support
Any (no native code)
Graphics
OpenGL ES 2.0+
Category
Maps & Navigation (app)
Listed since
Mar 16, 2021 (at least)
Permissions
12 (5 sensitive)
Website
appliedvanilla.com
Developer contact
[email protected]

About this APK

Aquarius ENC Plotter is an app by Applied Vanilla Studios in the Maps & Navigation category, listed since at least March 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 12 permissions, 5 of them sensitive, including precise location, approximate location and access all files. The app offers in-app purchases through Google Play.

What's new in v2024.0

better compatibility with different devices; updated targeted android version

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Navigate using official, free electronic charts intended for navigational use. Download for free over 1400 Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) directly from NOAA, or supply your own S-57 compliant charts. ENCs from NOAA are intended for navigational use, and each downloaded chart is an official NOAA ENC®. Aquarius provides fast and efficient plotting of ENCs, on your phone or tablet. Multiple charts are simultaneously displayed for a continuous panoramic effect at all zoom levels. Features: - Display current weather and sea conditions. Data from National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buoy stations. - Display tide predictions and water level measurements. Data from NOAA's tide and water level stations. - GPS location is plotted with a choice of three different modes: Fixed map mode, and two moving-map modes (north or any orientation up, and course up). Bearing and speed over ground is displayed. Turn on or off to save battery. - Reconfigurable, resizable, re-positionable combo-gage for GPS information display, in analog and digital styles. - Facts-on-the-ground verification. Display ENCs as an overlay on Google maps. Select road, satellite, or hybrid map tiles. See the "real life" details underneath the symbols, such as the apparent condition of boating facilities and other features, as of the date of the imagery. Go to www.appliedvanilla.com to see video: Aquarius ENC Plotter with satellite maps - Verifiable data integrity. Downloaded charts retain their original file names and contents, and can be browsed independently. - Fast, direct ENC-to-Display processing. After every start-up, Aquarius directly reads only the true, official, original ENC (S-57) files on your device's storage that you put there. Aquarius does not read a proprietary format or derived database. Aquarius is not a front-end for web-based tiled ENC imagery. This feature increases the reliability of the entire supply chain by significantly shortening it. This is the single most important feature the competition does not want you to know about, because it renders the middleman's lucrative niche obsolete. - Advanced object query. Objects are identified and highlighted individually. Calibrated background grid facilitates measurements. Toggle between single-pick and cruise mode. In cruise mode, just pan the screen, and information for objects falling under the crosshair is automatically displayed, with lag-free responsiveness. Page through overlapping or coincidental objects. - Set Safety Contour depth, and choose 2 or 4 colors for depth area display scheme. This critical feature lets you customize the ENC display to your boat's draft, to avoid grounding. The lighter-shaded areas on the display are "safe" areas for your boat. Depth soundings are also displayed, but the lighter-shaded areas are the key. - Isolated Dangers are automatically displayed, using your Safety Contour depth setting. - Lights overview. A concise wide-area display of all lighted objects (Lighthouses, etc), with visibility/range halo. - Richer and cleaner detail. Chain-link style symbology for paths and area boundaries. Symbols don’t get distorted at corners, and jagged paths are smoothly interpolated according to zoom level. - ENC update files are processed, for the most up-to-date and accurate chart display. - Reads Inland ENC (IENC) charts, such as those from the Army Corps of Engineers (see screenshot with photo of bridge). - Graphical display of chart catalog, for downloading and display. Download charts individually or by custom-selected area. - Display only the charts you select, or let Aquarius automatically display charts as you browse. - Charts reside in your own designated folders. Individual folders can be turned on or off as layers. - Content is substantially free; moving-map modes for GPS, combo-gage, and Google maps satellite and hybrid modes are bundled together as a single purchase option. - Built-in user guide. See videos on developer website.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

  • Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Apr 25, 2024.
  • Certificate issued to “Applied Vanilla Studios” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature verified Apr 25, 2024
  • Validated against Google Play Apr 25, 2024
  • Signed byCN=William Nye, O=Applied Vanilla Studios, L=Warwick, ST=Rhode Island, C=US
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)37:C8:3F:05:60:D6:C8:5A:08:66:0F:65:23:35:26:55:8B:57:C2:0C
  • File MD5f2d794ae4ea617c7253b5bee4d164a2c
  • Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (12)

Aquarius ENC Plotter requests 12 permissions, 5 of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

Aquarius ENC Plotter APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.

Is Aquarius ENC Plotter free?

The APK is free to download, but the app offers in-app purchases through Google Play.

Is the Aquarius ENC Plotter APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is f2d794ae4ea617c7253b5bee4d164a2c.

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