Nav apps for android phones?

[metasoft]

For your info, mobileGRIB is out there for all Android phones.

Finally a working GRIB weather forecast for the Google smartphone platform.

regards,

Jacob

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by metasoft

For your info, mobileGRIB is out there for all Android phones.

Finally a working GRIB weather forecast for the Google smartphone platform.

regards,

Jacob

Thanks for that

Any comments / reviews?

Jack

[metasoft]

Hi,

yes, there is plenty of information on their website. mobilegrib dot com.

You can watch a demo video there and see it in action.

This is the info from the website:

mobileGRIB is a GRIB2 viewer for Android. It enables sailors and hobby meteorologists to have detailed weather information always available. This is done by downloading GRIB files of any region of interest. Source for the Gridded Binaries is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Forecast times and variables can be chosen from pressure, wind arrows, temperature, cloud cover, humidity and precipitation for the upcoming 6 days and between a resolution of 1° x 1° or, for even more detail, 0.5° x 0.5°. By selecting only what the user needs, this procedure will keep the size of the downloaded GRIB file low, making it especially convenient for low bandwidth regions covered only by Edge or GPRS networks, or simply regions with low cellular coverage.

A free version of mobileGRIB is available under the name of mobileGRIB light and can be used for evaluation purposes. It is a fully functional version with outdated GRIB files. To receive actual GRIB forecasts, please purchase the full version.

upcoming features:

remember zoom level
choose forecast interval and period before downloading the GRIB file
offline maps for even less data transfers
offline GRIB file browser
GPS positioning and track
Latitude and Longitude lines
L and H signs for pressure
Isotherms to determine cold and hot fronts and resulting occlusions
weather animation
language support for up to 9 languages

Homepage: mobilegrib dot com (screenshots and demo video here)
Follow mobilegrib on twitter and facebook


Hope this helps,

reagards,

kubante

[jackever]

update on old thread.. It never ceases to amaze me that people who claim technical experience can be in error so much. And more amazing that they will put it in a public forum. ie java vs C.. Just because one knew the limits of the JIT version does not mean they understand the realtime capabilities of advance compiled code. If your old enough you would have used interpreted BASIC and thought it would never be fast.. but Visual BASIC and other compiled versions have proven very capable. Of couse It is 2011 and things changed. there are more nav apps for the I-phone but the Droid phones have some of the same and the GPS is as good as any standard one and the I-phone as it uses the same technology..

[jackever]

Then Navionics app has the ability to download and overlay the gribs too.

Originally Posted by metasoft

Hi,

yes, there is plenty of information on their website. mobilegrib dot com.

You can watch a demo video there and see it in action.

This is the info from the website:

mobileGRIB is a GRIB2 viewer for Android. It enables sailors and hobby meteorologists to have detailed weather information always available. This is done by downloading GRIB files of any region of interest. Source for the Gridded Binaries is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Forecast times and variables can be chosen from pressure, wind arrows, temperature, cloud cover, humidity and precipitation for the upcoming 6 days and between a resolution of 1° x 1° or, for even more detail, 0.5° x 0.5°. By selecting only what the user needs, this procedure will keep the size of the downloaded GRIB file low, making it especially convenient for low bandwidth regions covered only by Edge or GPRS networks, or simply regions with low cellular coverage.

A free version of mobileGRIB is available under the name of mobileGRIB light and can be used for evaluation purposes. It is a fully functional version with outdated GRIB files. To receive actual GRIB forecasts, please purchase the full version.

upcoming features:

remember zoom level
choose forecast interval and period before downloading the GRIB file
offline maps for even less data transfers
offline GRIB file browser
GPS positioning and track
Latitude and Longitude lines
L and H signs for pressure
Isotherms to determine cold and hot fronts and resulting occlusions
weather animation
language support for up to 9 languages

Homepage: mobilegrib dot com (screenshots and demo video here)
Follow mobilegrib on twitter and facebook


Hope this helps,

reagards,

kubante

[Bowedtoothdoc]

I am considering purchasing Navionics for my Dell Streak which is currently running Android 2.2. Can anyone comment on how they like the software?
Also when it's running is it using up data or just utilizing the built in GPS in the phone?