In the world of Lowrance HDS, side and down scan imaging and high-def screen reads, memory charting, waypoint saving, mapping and creating your own maps, and logging trails, etc., where do you think it will go next? …And at what price?
Will we have the next generation with touch-screen controls? Will we have “apps” available (at a monthly fee) to allow us to automatically calculate the weather conditions, body of water conditions, etc., and provide us with calculated directions on just what, where and how to fish? Will we have an app that takes a photo of our catch and then automatically computes weight to the nearest 1/2 ounce – and then sends it directly to the tournament director station for recording so we can immediately release the fish? Will we have an app that senses and alarms us if an invasive species boards our rigs? …Or better yet, will it automatically alert the DNR? Will we receive the dreded pop-up’s from the likes of Viagra – sailing across my screen while I’m searching for the motherload amongst the schools of baitfish and submerged vegitation? Will these things end up like cell phones where we have to get new ones – with new contracts – every other year to keep a signal – or keep up with the ever-changing technology? It seems like we’re already nearing a point where they are a throw-away element now anyhow because nobody carries the older parts or because nobody will work on them after 3 years of age.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m the typical American electronics consumer; I love my graphs/sonars/GPS and the other new technologies, but the question begs to be asked, “Where do you see the electronic fish-finding technology going – and when do we say ENOUGH?
Something to ponder – isn’t it?
March 30, 2011 at 11:54 pm
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