Skipper
Productivity
marine navigation app
SHOW HN2013
65points
49comments
#392of 1,739 in 2013
Top 23%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
7 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good UI and easy to use
From 2 comments
Looks interesting. It's great you have put a lot of effort into making the app easy to use, but here are some suggestions if you really want to be a nautical chart app "done…
keithwinstein on HNThis looks really, really useful to boaters. I'm not a boater at all, but I am a hobbyist pilot that flies maybe once a month on small trips. I frequently use Foreflight…
monkey_slap on HN
Useful for boaters, could disrupt entrenched chart plotter market
From 2 comments
I used work for one of the "big guys" writing embedded mapping software for chart plotters, and this looks very, very nice. Great work! Could be very disruptive to a market…
ryandrake on HNLooks interesting. It's great you have put a lot of effort into making the app easy to use, but here are some suggestions if you really want to be a nautical chart app "done…
keithwinstein on HN
Pricing is low and forgiving
From 1 comment
This looks really, really useful to boaters. I'm not a boater at all, but I am a hobbyist pilot that flies maybe once a month on small trips. I frequently use Foreflight…
monkey_slap on HN
Objections
Relying on iPad GPS for navigation is unsafe
From 1 comment
As someone who sails, seeing "Correct and reliable homing" scares the daylights out of me, particularly when just referencing GPS on the iPad. You have no way to know how…
frenchman_in_ny on HN
Uses low-resolution raster charts rather than vector ENC
From 2 comments
Looks interesting. It's great you have put a lot of effort into making the app easy to use, but here are some suggestions if you really want to be a nautical chart app "done…
keithwinstein on HNWhy are you using the raster charts instead of the S57 vector charts? eg. http://www.charts.noaa.gov/ENCs/ENCs.shtml Also, if you're interested in AIS support take a look at…
bcl on HN
Chart switching across scales is confusing in small waterways
From 2 comments
Very cool, but on the website version, it's hard to get the appropriate charts for smaller waterways. I thought I'd check out the local bay. At zoom levels to see anything, it…
pflats on HNMore feedback for you then; Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island) near Wickford has similar issues, made even more obvious by the fact that there is an inset placed just outside the…
aidenn0 on HN
Subscription needed for useful features
From 1 comment
well I am kind of disappointed buying the app. I hoped for using it as a weather overlay for my lake sailing in germany, but without the subscription the app is useless :(
killerpopiller on HN
Requests
Show overlapping charts and let users choose scale
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. It's great you have put a lot of effort into making the app easy to use, but here are some suggestions if you really want to be a nautical chart app "done…
keithwinstein on HN
Explain advantage over existing GPS, paper charts and VHF
From 1 comment
Novice skipper here! Looks cool. One suggestion - on your homepage - explain to me very clearly (in better imagery or a few sentences) why this trumps using my existing tools GPS…
mbesto on HN
Support for international charts
From 1 comment
Looks Nice, does it work in europe, or is it US only?
PanMan on HN
Route planning with tides and currents
From 1 comment
Congrats building a nice product in a niche space. There's quite a bit of competition out there (Nobletec[1], MaxSea[2]) in case you haven't researched them, but at significantly…
frenchman_in_ny on HN
Questions
How does trip planning handle tides and current?
From 1 comment
Congrats building a nice product in a niche space. There's quite a bit of competition out there (Nobletec[1], MaxSea[2]) in case you haven't researched them, but at significantly…
frenchman_in_ny on HN
Does it work outside the US?
From 1 comment
Looks Nice, does it work in europe, or is it US only?
PanMan on HN
Why raster charts instead of S57 vector?
From 1 comment
Why are you using the raster charts instead of the S57 vector charts? eg. http://www.charts.noaa.gov/ENCs/ENCs.shtml Also, if you're interested in AIS support take a look at…
bcl on HN
Alternatives named
Navionics
From 1 comment
There is a route editor in the app, but it does not account for tides and current, unless you makes notes for each waypoint. It just lets you plot a point-to-point route, and get…
andrewljohnson on HN
iNavX
From 2 comments
There is a route editor in the app, but it does not account for tides and current, unless you makes notes for each waypoint. It just lets you plot a point-to-point route, and get…
andrewljohnson on HNLooks interesting. It's great you have put a lot of effort into making the app easy to use, but here are some suggestions if you really want to be a nautical chart app "done…
keithwinstein on HN
MX Mariner
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. It's great you have put a lot of effort into making the app easy to use, but here are some suggestions if you really want to be a nautical chart app "done…
keithwinstein on HN
Nobeltec
From 1 comment
Congrats building a nice product in a niche space. There's quite a bit of competition out there (Nobletec[1], MaxSea[2]) in case you haven't researched them, but at significantly…
frenchman_in_ny on HN
MaxSea
From 1 comment
Congrats building a nice product in a niche space. There's quite a bit of competition out there (Nobletec[1], MaxSea[2]) in case you haven't researched them, but at significantly…
frenchman_in_ny on HN