Gold charts bring electronic cartography a step closer to the official paper charts. The bathymetries are easily distinguishable thanks to the different colour shadings, lightsectors of lighthouses and real forms and colours of buoys. The boater can select the contour colours to differentiate and identify shallow and hazardous areas as well as difficult-to-anchor, deeper water. Navionics exclusive X-plain feature offers a plain-language description that, with just a click of the cursor, deciphers confusing navigational symbols into plain-language everyone can understand. . Navionics Gold charts offer a plethora of information on navaids, tide and currents, port service, etc. - all greatly appreciated by sports fishermen and navigators alike. Available in S or XL9 coverage area.