Poll: Navionics Web App depth units

West Lake Willows · **Posted:** Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:34 pm

Hey Guys,

As you guys may or may not know here in Canada we are now able to view all Canadian charts (even with the sonar charts layer) on line for free at http://www.navionics.com/en/webapp. The depth units are displayed in meters though. I was talking with Navionics today and it is an easy change for them to make the units displayed as feet. I told them I would take a few polls to get an idea of what the general fishing public wanted. Please take the 5 seconds to leave your opinion on which units you prefer when looking at charts. Thank you.

Scott

Jeff_C · **Posted:** Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:52 pm

For anyone using Tapatalk, the poll doesn't show up. You have to view it in a browser. I posted here by mistake and then realized that I needed to view it in a web browser.

West Lake Willows · **Posted:** Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:06 pm

Thank you Jeff. I didn't know that. Please take the time to open your browser to leave a vote. Navionics is very willing to make the change they just need to know what our preference is.

Scott

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adventure · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:37 am

Funny how we are a metric country but still use Imperial. I find I switch back and forth between the two for different units of measure. Depth of water in feet, distance between points in km, fish length in inches, fish weight in pounds, volume of fluids in liters...

I'd be curious to see how the age of people uses the different systems.
50 yrs+ use more Imperial
35-50 use both equally (I fall in there)
34 and under use more metric???

bclapp · **Joined:** Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:03 pm **Posts:** 41

34 and under here, water depth has always been in feet, metres is Greek to me. Distance is m/km. use litres for gas and inches for only measuring fish.

Razorback · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2014 9:30 am

http://www.nationalprostaff.com/navionics.php

If you go to here the depth is in feet!!

Walleye 9 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:05 pm **Posts:** 1985

35-50 for me...I use both. When fishing in a zone where there is a slot or regulation on length, I use metric for measuring. I find it's more accurate, and I have yet to see a measuring tape that reads with decimal points....If I'm just measuring for fun, where length isn't an issue in the regs, I'll use inches.

West Lake Willows · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2014 3:25 pm

Razorback wrote:

http://www.nationalprostaff.com/navionics.php

If you go to here the depth is in feet!!

Yes but I don't believe it shows the sonar charts does it?

When I was talking to the Navionics rep he says "what are you talking about its in feet". I say "look I'm staring at my screen now..it's in meters". We share a few screen grabs back and forth while we are on the phone. Turns out it is tied to your IP address. If your in Canada looking at Canadian maps it's in meters. If your in the USA looking at Canadian maps you would see it in feet.

So far it is overwhelming support to view depth in feet. I've forwarded that on to Navionics and we will see if they change it for us.

Scott

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fireball · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:45 am

at least its not nautical measurements, we have all learned meters in school, and other then being a pain can figure it out.

Always hopeful · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:32 am

This may put me in the Dino age but we did not all learn metric in school. I learned metric on the job as all the Manuel's and code books changed all their measurements into metric, some of us had to be dragged into it.
Cheers Rob

Always hopeful · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:33 am

This was a double post that I edited, computers are a long slow learning curve for me, schools had Manuel typewriters in my day
Cheers Rob

><>J · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:53 am

adventure wrote:

Funny how we are a metric country but still use Imperial. I find I switch back and forth between the two for different units of measure. Depth of water in feet, distance between points in km, fish length in inches, fish weight in pounds, volume of fluids in liters...

I'd be curious to see how the age of people uses the different systems.
50 yrs+ use more Imperial
35-50 use both equally (I fall in there)
34 and under use more metric???

I'm 46 and do the same; hate seeing metres and kilograms. It is easier to visualise a depth of 3 feet than 1 metre, if it is 4 feet - then maps round it off to 1 metre. it is the opposite for cms vs inches; I prefer to catch a 30 inch pike than 76 cms, I'm 5' 9" and don't think I'm 175 cm!

fireball · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:51 pm

The Liberal federal government of Pierre Trudeau first began implementing metrication in Canada in 1970 with a government agency dedicated to implementing the project, the Metric Commission, being established in 1971.

44 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_con ... _in_Canada

Always hopeful · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:01 pm

Finished school in 77 and never did any metric, in 88/89 the federal gov issued metric tools to our military tool box,s for the army, not sure when Air Force or navy got theirs.
Cheers Rob

adventure · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:40 pm

I started learning metric in 1978 (Grade 3). It was also the first time I was whacked with a meter stick instead of a yard stick. Both felt about the same as I recall.

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