Yacht Harbors of the World via an App on Your Smartphone

The yachting portal marinamap.com one oft he biggest harbor directories on the internet with about 3000 registered yacht harbors in 95 countries has released a free smartphone app for Android phones.

If authorized in "GPS" mode the app uses the smartphone's location data to show the user the nearest marinas marinas and anchorages in the vicinity on a map. App users also have access to the social network of marinamap.com where they can communicate with each other publish reviews or advice regarding berthing in harbors and anchorages or where they can follow all user contributions of particular locations.

Registering additional harbors or anchorages on marinamap.com is quite simple using the app. The user’s geographical coordinates and country are detected automatically only the name of the location must be typed into the smartphone.

Berths and anchorages that are free of charge are marked as such on marinamap.com. „We would love to see yachtsmen exchange tips an information where berthing free of charge is possible explains Thomas Hillebrand founder of the platform.

[Categories: Sailing Yachting Harbors Anchoring]