Anchor Sentry
iOS Universel / Navigation
Anchor Sentry is an app to monitor the ship's position at anchor and inform the skipper when the anchor is dragging and thus the ship leaves the setup perimeter.
Features:
- Show current position on GoogleMaps map or Navionics map (To gain
access to Navionics maps from this application, users with an active Navionics
subscription in the Navionics Boating application must register with their Navionics
credentials)
- Distance circles to help finding a good anchor position
- Drop anchor by tapping on map or by position or by bearing and distance
- Can be used for anchoring with shore lines by watching the heading rather than the position
- Tracks can be saves as GPX file for later processing
- Option to set up prohibited zones which will trigger an alert when entered. These can be used indepent of the anchor state
- Runs in the background even while other apps are used
- Unique sync functionality which allows to pair two or more devices together to see the ships position even while out to shore for dinner
- Barograph function included
- Display real echo sounder data from a providing NMEA server
- Optional compass overlay to help finding the bearing to the anchor
- Option to show current position visible to friends and family on the Anchor Sentry website
- Proximity alert between ships both using Anchor Sentry. To get warned when your neighbours anchor is dragging.
- Automatic anchoring feature
- Display maximum swinging circle
- Save favorite anchoring places with pictures
- Several setup options to customize your app
Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?
- The position update monitoring from the last update has been removed again, as restarting the location service when position data was missing caused undesirable side effects.
- The stability of network communication with the server has been improved, so that mirroring and the proximity alarm should now work more reliably even with Starlink. Please let me know if there are further issues.
- The watchdog logic implemented in the last version does not require an internet connection anymore and runs locally. It is active only while the app is in the background.
- When the app starts, it is now checked wether the location permission for the app is set to "Always", as otherwise stable background operation is not possible.
- Improved the memory management so that the app is less likely to be terminated by the iOS when it requires a lot of memory.
- If you have "Disable screen lock" enabled in the settings, there will be now a new button on the main screen that let you adjust the brightness of the mainscreen. Leaving the main screen or triggering an alert will reset the brightness to the default value.
- There is now a FAQ (frequently asked questions) for the App. It is accesible from the manual via the link there.
