Lake Maggiore gets an app

Many boat and sailing fans meet at Lake Maggiore.The Grisons-based communications agency skipp communications AG is behind the new mobile app. As the company name suggests, the skippers have a nautical orientation, working for the Ascona-Locarno vacation region and the Krüger shipyard on Lake Constance, among others. The captain of the skipp crew is FiFi Frei. He himself criticized some time ago that the existing apps were inaccurate and the imported content was completely outdated. Without further ado, he and his skipp crew decided to develop their own app for Android and iOS. After 18 months of development and acquisition, the result is now available for download in the Appstore.From the gas station to the anchorage"The app is fantastically helpful when I want to head for my friends on Lake Maggiore. I can see on my smartphone where my friends are and at what speed and in what direction they are traveling. Of course, every app user can activate or deactivate this function himself," Frei confirms. The app also offers a real-time compass, exact coordinates and emergency call functions for the Swiss and Italian parts of Lake Maggiore, but the main content is a hand-collected POI list* for gas stations, anchorages, moorings, restaurants and shipyards. Each entry is accompanied by a photo with a view of the lake, coordinates and details. For example, for a mooring it is stated at what time it is allowed to moor, how much it costs to moor and whether there is anything special, such as a current or missing cleats on the jetty, that needs to be taken into account.Free appThe app is free of charge and is intended to appeal to motor boaters and sailors alike. Another feature of the app is that you can record your own route and get valuable information about speeds. This information can be viewed or shared via Facebook.AndroidiOS