Connext Maps - Does it Show Markers?

[jdkaeser]

I'm going to be heading to Cape Coral in July and I have always boated in lakes, does the Connext maps show channel markers? There are none in the lakes I boat in so I can't check. Thought about getting a Simrad GO9 XSE if it doesn't. It won't be the last time I go to salt water.

 

[Inthrustwetrust]

I'm going to be heading to Cape Coral in July and I have always boated in lakes, does the Connext maps show channel markers? There are none in the lakes I boat in so I can't check. Thought about getting a Simrad GO9 XSE if it doesn't. It won't be the last time I go to salt water.

Can’t confirm they do in that particular area but my 2020 has all the marked channels mapped in my area. I don’t remember off the top of my head if it has a mark for each individual marker but I believe it has black solid or dashed lines for the channels

 

[212s]

I'm going to be heading to Cape Coral in July and I have always boated in lakes, does the Connext maps show channel markers? There are none in the lakes I boat in so I can't check. Thought about getting a Simrad GO9 XSE if it doesn't. It won't be the last time I go to salt water.

If you update the stock maps at the Navionics site (for free if you haven't registered the card) you will get the same Navionics data that chartplotters and the online website charts show. Check out this post from last year:

https://jetboaters.net/threads/2020-212s-mini-review.27572/#post-475739

Click on the pics to compare the two - the top one is the Connext maps after being updated and the bottom is the online charts of the same area in the 1000 Islands near Gananoque.

While the Connext maps are usable and has the important data, the lack of heads-up mode in some of the harzardous waters we navigate gave me the urge to install a chartplotter. Some of the newer displays have more processing power and the Maps feature does heads-up, but mine didn't. The new chartplotter maps look just like the online charts, or with more data, depending on your configuration. If the non-rotating maps is ok for you, then just do the update.

 

[Shookie]

I can confirm what 212s wrote above. I upgraded mine 1-2 years ago because I was going to be in intracoastal waters and I wanted things updated. It added a ton of detail and markers that were not on the original maps. Good luck!

 

[Inthrustwetrust]

Took some pictures today just for this thread. 2020 boat without any updates

 

[Stan M]

My connext shows markers in creeks and rivers off the Chesapeake Bay, so I have to say yes.

 

[212s]

Perhaps they updated the stock maps? The maps on my boat didn't show channel markers, just some basic depth shading and lines. Once updated, it added all the markers, ramps, marinas, etc.