Water Map Live - Routes, AIS

All bridges & locks, live shipping route info, water level, meteo, route planner

Water Map Live - Routes, AIS for Boating

"Water Map Live - Routes, AIS" is a comprehensive Android app featuring waterways, live bridge and lock information, traffic signs, and waterway charts for the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. It provides real-time data on water levels, weather, and navigational aids, allowing users to plan their routes effectively. With GPS tracking and over 272,000 objects on the map, it's ideal for both offline and online use, ensuring safe and informed boating experiences.
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By: Surfcheck
Version: 9.8.1 (Last updated: 2024-06-30)
Creation date: 2018-05-14
Permissions
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Phone: directly call phone numbers
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Other:
  • view network connections
  • full network access
  • run at startup
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • read Google service configuration

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App summary

This is by far the most complete waterway and boating chart of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. With all fairway features, buoyage, traffic signs and live bridges and locks: opening times, telephone numbers and VHF radio channels. More than 272.000 objects on the map, conveniently arranged in map layers that you can switch on and off as desired.

All water charts can be downloaded and used offline.

The app really is LIVE and contains hundreds of current water levels, tidal curves, the weather at sea and in your area, water depths, data from KNRM stations and the water quality of countless Dutch bathing places. And the current notices to skippers (NtS): are there any obstructions on your route? You know it now. Always up to date.

In total, the app contains the data of more than one hundred thousand nautical objects that are shown on the map around you. Thanks to GPS you can also read your speed and current coordinates. With the GPS tracker you can record and save your routes.

The app is based on map material from the Dutch Land Registry and also contains the beautiful 1: 25,000 topographical maps of the Netherlands.

Water Map Live is excellent for offline use, but the live information about bridges & locks, NtS, the current water levels and the current weather naturally uses an internet connection.

Conditions.
We do our utmost to deliver a fantastic and accurate water map app, but of course we cannot guarantee that the software and the data presented therein will always work and are 100% correct. Data sources can sometimes change and you cannot derive any rights from this app or the information presented therein. Usage of course is on your own risk. By downloading and using this water map app you accept these terms and conditions.

Location
The location permission is only needed to show you the current location and related information in your area. Surfcheck does not use this location data in any other way.

User reviews

Slecht.
by alexandroaiaionel, 2024-09-30

Looks very useful but can't get it in English (dutch only). The developers responded quickly and told me to set my device to english" but my phone was already in English. They also told me to send an email if it doesn't work, but the address is broken. Am I missing something? Edit: Issue was fixed by setting device to English (UK). Any other English (like US) will not work. I feel the app is good but not very intuitive. Can't tell if boat fits width of waterway. Icons on map are too big.
by Tzakhi Grinberg, 2024-06-20

I appreciate the effort and it seems very complete in terms of features. I found 3 stars too harsh a rating, but if the following things are fixed I would rate it 5 stars: 1.- the app gets slower (phone gets hot) as the trip goes on. My trips aren't even long 1 hour. 2.- I cannot scroll around the map anymore. This is despite turning the follow option (top right) on or off. 3.- depth lines dissapear depending on zoom level. Weirder still, the same line (2m.) Is shown on some parts but not others
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