The Waterway Guide Team has gained extensive boating knowledge over the years, to help you plot a course, choose the best marinas and anchorages along the way and locate the best stops for fuel (up-to-date fuel prices). In addition, you will know about bridges and locks as well as navigation alerts so to choose the best route.
Settings page
From the main Settings page you can open the Waterway Guide Settings page.
- Data download: to enable the Waterway Guide functionality and download the data for offline use.
NOTE: the first time you download the data, it will require some minutes, while you can continue using the app. - Update now: to immediately download the latest available database.
- Automatic update: you can choose the automatic update logic: "Never" will never update automatically the database (you shall press manually the "Update now" button), "WiFi" will do an automatic daily update each time the app is active and connected to a WiFi network and "Always" is doing the update (daily) with any type of data connection (even cellular connection).
NOTE: with the "Always" option you can have extra costs depending on your mobile contract. - Show on map: to enable the drawing on the map of the Waterway Guide objects. You can also fine tune what to draw on the map using the 6 object icons: marina, hazard, anchorage, bridge, free dock and gate. Tapping on the specific icon will enable/disable the drawing of the corresponding set of objects.
NOTE: these settings will impact also the Route Explorer search engine. The objects that are not displayed will not be found by the Route Explorer engine. - Icon size on Map: to select the preferred icon size of Waterway Guide objects on map.
- Show names on map: to enable the drawing of the objects name on the map (just below the corresponding icon).
NOTE: when enabled the names will be drawn only at detailed scales.
Object info page
To get all the details of an object, tap on the corresponding icon on the map and select the and you will open the relative info page.
For each object there are different information available like name, description, opening time, etc. and the rating by other users.
You have 6 types of information (and corresponding tab on the bottom menu): General, Navigation, Dockage, Fuel, Service and Reviews. The red circle on the Reviews tab indicates how many reviews are available for that object.
To enter a review, press the icon on the right of the top bar. This will bring you to the Waterway Guide site.