Platinum Plus vs C Map reveal
Submitted by Rob H on Fri, 2024-05-24 13:00
Anyone used both recently and can compare especially relief shading?
Most of the online utubes seem to be sponsored by one or other
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Dreamtime
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Platinum all the way.
Have just gone with navionics platinum plus card in my nss evo 3 and it is on point! Have already caught fish off ground that contours alone have not reflected any ground but the relief shading has shown a car size lump which was 100% accurate and holding fish. Very happy with it! However the shading is not applied to absolutely everywhere although I imagine this will improve over time with surveying and regular chart updates, have covered all inshore areas and most offshore areas recys are likely to fish.
Rob H
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Does anyone here have Cmap
Does anyone here have Cmap Reveal?
If so could you flick thru a pick of the Geraldon area as the map Explorer on their website only shows shaded relief outside 100 meters but it cant be like that as itd be completely useless to 99% of fishers.
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XF347
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Also following this Rob.Most
Also following this Rob.
Most of the features seem to be only beneficial around metro, not for us in the Midwest etc.
Keen to see if there is any benefit in using it around here.
Rob H
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C Map
A mate has the Navionics Platinum + and Midwest has pretty good shaded relief maps.
But the Cmap website Explorer doesnt show anything inside the shelf, anywhere in Australia or anywhere else which cant be right
C-MAP Chart Explorer: Zoom in to see the rich detail in our data.
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Mark_M
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Shaded
Click the "Shaded Relief-Seafloor Layer" button at the top/middle of the screen Rob.
https://www.c-map.com/en-au/chartexplorer/
Rob H
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yes I have, it only shows
yes I have, it only shows shaded relief outside 250M, inside shows only depth shading which is available on the more basic C map and Navionics cards
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squalis
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c map
C map reveal has PDW wa gov detailed charts loaded which are not included in Navionics platinum. So they are vastly superion in inshore areas,in deeper water they have australian navel charts with bathemetric detail but do not have the updates from individual fishermen who uploaded thier info from the fishing app. I have both cards in 2 seperate chart plotters and prefer Cmap reveal as i dont do a lot of deep dropping.Platinum plus is more comprehensive in deeper water.Unfortuately nothing is perfect The best way is to log your sonar logs into your plotter if this have option on your indivual device.
Rob H
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Hey mate thanks for the
Hey mate thanks for the info, any chance of taking a pic of my area on Reveal shaded relief (geraldton north side up to about 20mile) so I can see what it has here compared to mates Platinum?
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swarf
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cmap
Hey Rob not sure of you got any pics you were after, but if you want some I can fire up my plotter and send you some.
PM me your mobile if you do, I'm happy to help with the amount of info you share to people
Bodgy 79
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Same question as Rob as Im
Same question as Rob as Im undecided on which charts
Anyone have experience with either on the south coast from shallows out to 400m ? Any info appreciated
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