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1. With a pack on your account, open Layers, then turn on Blue Edge Relief.
2. Read the notice and choose I Acknowledge. Relief is NOT FOR NAVIGATION.
3. Relief draws over the map.
4. Drag Opacity to blend Relief with the base map.
5. Choose Done.

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1. Tap the pin button to drop a waypoint at the map crosshair.
2. Open it, choose Edit, and give it a name.
3. Choose a type.
4. Save it. The named mark is on your map.

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1. Tap Fish On when a fish comes aboard. The spot is saved right away.
2. When you have a moment, open the mark and add a catch photo.
3. The photo stays with the catch.

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1. Tap Record, then Start Trip.
2. Your trip records as you go, even with the screen locked.
3. Tap Stop, then Save Trip.
4. The trip is saved to Trips.

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No. Relief is NOT FOR NAVIGATION. It’s for situational awareness only. It isn’t a chart, wasn’t surveyed for carriage, and may contain errors, gaps or interpolation. Use official NOAA charts and your vessel’s navigation equipment.

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Eight finished packs cover parts of the Florida coast. More are in progress. See coverage.

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Yes, once a pack is downloaded to your device.

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Turn on Storage Saver in Settings → Storage. It keeps less detail at the closest zoom in your packs. To get it back, turn Storage Saver off, then choose Download Full Detail.

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On your devices. Blue Edge doesn’t store your waypoints, trips or photos on a server. See the Privacy Policy.

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Export a .blu backup and keep it somewhere you control. Sync isn’t a substitute. See the 1-2-3 rule.

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Open Blue Edge on your iPhone or iPad and tap Sync Now in Companion. Devices pair first, and sync runs over Wi‑Fi or peer-to-peer, not a cable. Allow Local Network access when asked. To move a library by USB, copy a .blu file through Finder.

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Record a trip while you fish, then save it. Catches and marks stay tied to places on the map.

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Yes. Import a catch photo to create a waypoint and fish log, using its location or placing it yourself. On iPhone and iPad you can use the photo as the map icon.

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Yes. Give waypoints an Area name to see a labeled shape on the map, and draw custom outlines in Companion. An Area isn’t a group, and it isn’t what builds the plotter file.

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1. On the Map, choose Select, then Box, and drag around the marks.
2. Check a field, set the new value, and apply it to all of them.
3. The marks now share that Area.
4. Undo puts them back.

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1. Right-click the map and choose Create Area.
2. Click points around the area.
3. Choose Save, then name the area.
4. Marks inside the shape now use that Area.

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1. Start in the Library on your Mac.
2. Choose Filter, then Group, then the group for this trip.
3. The Library now shows only that group.
4. Choose Import / Export, then Garmin Plotter or Navionics.

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You exported CSV, GPX or a backup, or you exported from the iPhone. Those are the full library. For a trip, filter Companion to the group, then Import / Export → Garmin Plotter or Navionics.

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No. Phone export is the whole book. Sync to Companion, filter by group, then export the plotter file.

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The plotter file is a thin card. The book stays in the apps. Use Companion at the house.

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Type (and optional subtype) is what it is: icon and search. Group is one optional trip name, and a pin can’t sit in two groups. Area is a map outline. Only the group filter on Companion changes what goes to the plotter.

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Planned introductory pricing at launch is $49.99 a year, which covers iPhone, iPad and Mac with sync and pack updates and includes one Relief pack. You can switch that pack at each renewal. Extra packs are $9.99 a year each and need the subscription. This is introductory pricing, which may increase in the future. There are no lifetime purchases.

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Your packs stop working until you resubscribe. Your waypoints, trips and photos stay on your devices.

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Subscriptions are billed and managed by Apple. Cancel in your Apple account’s Subscriptions settings at least 24 hours before it renews.

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Background location is used only while a trip is recording, so the track continues with the screen locked. Stop the trip to end it. You can change Location access in iOS Settings.

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