The big problems are the size of the backend stock control databases or getting access to shops individual stock control systems, and of course security. what happens if someone steals my phone and uses it to go on a spending spree. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Could it have an echo sounder? 1 km range radar? Johnny Depp's Shanty album? You can't be me, I'm taken
we were both on the same tack there. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
/tautological puns You can't be me, I'm taken
/wakeful period You can't be me, I'm taken
The map would always be oriented in the direction the phone is pointing. Standard courses would be marked, including your deviation. Depth alarms (based on chart position). Time to destination. Compass. Hmmmm!
Shall we take this one to Nokia? ;-) You can't be me, I'm taken
The real thing often comes with real time depth mapping, because silt tends to move, so at the edges of a channel you can't be sure of the safe depth. It also varies with tidal phase and season.
See e.g. here.
Also, Nokia might not go for it because there are a lot more drivers than boat owners. ;)
Or a perfume analyser, so that you could sidle up to someone fanciable at the bar, do the metrics and read off the screen surreptitiously and say "I love a woman who wears 'Tom of Finland'
There is no portable technology to do this yet, but it is not beyond the realm of possibility. You can't be me, I'm taken
