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Navionics Boating: Accessing Map Options

Ways to Access Map Options

  1. Open the Navionics® Boating app
  2. Tap Menu
  3. Tap Map Options

Alternatively, tap the Map Options button Map Options Button from the lower-left of your map screen, between the GPS and marker buttons.

Selectable Map Options

  • Chart Layers: Choose from Nautical Chart, SonarChart™ or U.S. Govt. Chart.
  • Overlays: Select from either No Overlay, Satellite Imagery, Relief Shading, or Sonar Imagery (select lakes only).
  • Chart orientation.1
  • Map Color Mode: Switch between day and night map mode, or set it to automatically adjust with your device settings.1
  • Download detailed maps.
  • Update all the maps you have downloaded.
  • Activate the Easy View feature. This feature allows you to magnify useful icons and text on the map to provide better reading.
  • Access AIS Settings.
  • See the Display SonarChart Live and SonarChart Live Settings toggle if you are connected to a compatible device via Wi-Fi or if you have previously created a SonarChart Live layer.1
  • Turn on/off SonarChart Live tide/inland water level correction with the Water Level Correction toggle.1
  • Water Level:  Adjust shoreline and depths to the current water levels.1
  • Shallow Area:  Highlight shallow and potentially hazardous areas on the map in a red warning color (red marks).
  • Depth Shading: Depth areas are displayed in different shades of blue.1
  • Depth Contours:  Specify which bathymetric lines are shown on the map.
  • Fishing Ranges: Customize and display on the map up to 5 depth ranges. You must have SonarChart turned on as your Chart Layer.
  • Adjust SonarChart Density.
  • Seabed Areas:  Reveals underlying seabed composition (select U.S. HD lakes, offshore coastline of Europe, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea, Azores Islands, Madeira and the Canary Islands).
  • Toggle ON/OFF Community Edits: Allows the mobile user to edit their mapping information to reflect changes in chart data (e.g., movement of a seasonal buoy), add information (e.g., a rock or boat ramp), or edit information (e.g., add/change services for a particular marina).
  • Toggle ON/OFF ActiveCaptain Community data icons.

If GOVT Chart is selected you are not able to see Map Options in Menu.

On the screen you can see a preview of your map display which changes according to the map options you have selected. Tap the map to go back to the main map screen or swipe down to close out of the Map Options screen.

Tap on Reset default values to bring all values back to default.

1 Available without an active subscription.