Garmin Wins Five NMEA awards, Including Manufacturer of the Year
Last week
we
received the honor of being the most recognized company in the marine electronics field by the National
Marine
Electronics Association (NMEA) at the prestigious 2015 NMEA Convention in Baltimore, Md. Garmin
was named
Manufacturer of the Year and received awards in four product categories: autopilot, multi-function
display
(MFD), mobile application—aid to navigation, and mobile application—end user utility.
For
the
third year in a row, we received an award in the autopilot category for its GHP Reactor Hydraulic
Autopilot
with SmartPump. The GHP Reactor was our first recreational autopilot system to utilize AHRS
technology
and boasts the usability, installation flexibility, and many other features that prove to
be valuable
for any vessel.
We also took home top honors in the MFD category. The accolades went
to the GPSMAP 7616,
a 16-inch multi-touch widescreen chartplotter designed for mariners who demand
high performance, ease
of operation and feature integration. The GPSMAP 7616 comes preloaded with both
BlueChart g2 coastal
and LakeVü HD inland maps, and is fully network compatible for support
of radar, autopilot,
instruments, multiple screens, sensors, remote sonar modules, digital switching,
thermal cameras, and
more.
In today’s connected world, smartphone applications are essential
tools for mariners.
At this year’s awards, new marine app categories were added and both apps offered
from Garmin won
their respective categories. Garmin BlueChart Mobile, a route planning application with
streaming weather
capabilities, was named the best mobile application aid to navigation. And earning
the top spot in the
mobile application for end user utility was Garmin Helm, an application that allows
mariners to view
and control their chartplotter from a smartphone or tablet.
Our portfolio includes
some of the
industry’s most sophisticated chartplotters and touchscreen multifunction displays,
sonar technology,
high-definition radar, autopilots, high-resolution mapping, sailing instrumentation
and other products
and services that are known for innovation, reliability and ease-of-use.
