With a huge library of maps across the US and Canada, Navionics remains a strong mapping product compatible with the major fish finder brands.
Even after being acquired by Garmin, there are still map cards with great coverage no matter what type of fish finder you have.
While each manufacturer has proprietary maps, Navionics offers the lone alternative to the in-house maps available for Humminbird, Lowrance, and Raymarine.
What does that mean, exactly? Here are your map choices for each brand.
With this review, I set out to see if Navionics+ or Navionics Platinum+ are worth buying over in-house lake map products. I’ve included over 25 screenshots from my SOLIX 12 to help you decide if it’s best for you.
- Excellent Lake Coverage – Compared to LakeMaster, Navionics has more expansive coverage of the US and Canada, with thousands of lakes available in huge regional map cards.
- Useful Advanced Features – Popular fishing features like 1ft Contours, Depth Range shading, Shaded Relief, and Satellite Imagery are downloadable and displayable on compatible units.
- Not User Friendly – You will need to get used to downloading data and layers to your SD card – and be ready to resubscribe after 1yr to continue utilizing the advanced map features and overlays.
Navionics Platinum+ vs Navionics+
There are two types of map cards to choose from. Navionics+, and Platinum+. Navionics Features fall into three buckets.
Every card comes with the base Chart Layers and Advanced Features, while only Platinum+ offers the Overlays for download.