Garmin Chart Comparison

Garmin Chart Comparison

Feature Comparison

FeaturesBlueChart® g3BlueChart® g3 VisionGarmin Navionics+™Garmin Navionics+™ Vision
Integrated Garmin and Navionics content✓✓✓✓
Auto Guidance+™¹ technology✓✓✓✓
Depth range shading✓✓✓✓
Up to 1' contours✓✓✓✓
Shallow water shading✓✓✓✓
Raster cartography²✓✓✓3✓3
ActiveCaptain® app Support3✓✓✓✓
ActiveCaptain Community3✓✓✓✓
Daily Updates

✓✓
Includes Coastal and Lake mapping

✓✓
High-resolution relief shading3,4
✓
✓3,4
High-resolution satellite imagery
✓
✓3
3D chart views
✓
✓
Aerial photos
✓
✓
Dynamic Lake Level


✓
Sonar Imagery3


✓
Side Scan Images

✓✓


1 Auto Guidance+ is for planning purposes only and does not replace safe navigation operations. Not all devices preloaded with g3 content will receive Auto Guidance+.

2 Raster cartography cannot be viewed on ECHOMAP devices but can be viewed on mobile devices via the ActiveCaptain app.

3 Available for download via ActiveCaptain.

4Full region including High-resolution relief shading is available for download via Garmin Express.