BridgeMan for Android
BridgeMan for Android is the Android OS version of the BridgeMan®
software designed for desktop computers. Intended for use by ship’s
officers and leisure navigators, BridgeMan for Android provides the most
of the useful functions of the BridgeMan® while it gives all the comfort
of being handy.
The major functions of BridgeMan for Android are as follows:
Calculate courses and distances
Create and allow printing of voyage plans
Aid in Plotting of course line
Show Celestial Almanac for all navigational bodies up to year 2499
Determine position by Celestial Navigation and prints plots of
observation
Determination of compass errors
Identification of celestial bodies
Predict Sunrise, sunsets, etc. of all navigational bodies
Solve ETA and Required Speed
Calculate Noon Reports
Predict and print Height of Tides for all ports listed in the Admiralty
Tide Tables.
Predict and print Tidal Streams to all stations listed in the Admiralty
Tide Tables.
Solve Miscellaneous Calculations
BridgeMan for Android is paired with a desktop software BridgeMan for
Android Sync.
This software is a conduit that allows printing of voyage plans,
celestial observation, tidal and tidal stream predictions that are
calculated in the device. It also helps, for convenience, in inputting
and editing the tidal data instead of doing it in the device.
See also:
Pocket BridgeMan and BridgeMan
for Palm