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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2024
Taylor Clark, Dahlonega, GA (US);
Thomas J. Schultz, Cushing, MN (US);
Brian Laser, Suwanee, GA (US);
Adam Iles, Mississauga, CA;
Taylor Clark, Dahlonega, GA (US);
Thomas J. Schultz, Cushing, MN (US);
Brian Laser, Suwanee, GA (US);
Adam Iles, Mississauga, CA;
Johnson Outdoors Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of providing navigational routing paths through inshore and nearshore coastal areas that include surveyed depth information and visual indications of the suitability of such paths based on particulars of the user's boat and preferences are presented. Adjustments to both an indication of the depth and the suitability of each segment of the paths are provided. Manual input of local water level observations or tide data from local tide stations may be used for such adjustments. Adjustments may be applied locally or globally, and may be provided dynamically based on changing tide information over the travel time needed to reach distant segments along the navigational routing path. Such tide information is also used to adjust contour and depth area data displayed on bathymetric contour maps on which such navigational routing paths are displayed.