As you are probably aware I provided a free Local Notice to Mariners app about a month ago. Today I announce another free app that will display the USCG light lists of which there are 7 volumes, for the Coast Guard districts numbered from 1-17. Looking up items in the paper copies of the light lists or even finding the items in the PDF files is a bit of a pain. The paper books won't lie flat and are difficult to read in the dark. The PDF requires a computer, tablet or phone. The latter two have small screens and the print is really tiny unless you zoom in on the page. So, this new app requires you to download the data from the USCG web site, but requires only pushing a couple of buttons. Once you have the data it will display the items one at a time, say 5-20 items per screen and the screen can be fast scrolled. Even with 2000-5000 items per volume you can scroll around in a couple of seconds. Selecting a line item with a short click displays all the data for the light list item,, gives you time to read it and then the pop up disappears. A long click brings up the same information, in addition the built in text to speech engine, reads the contents you so you don't have to. Each line item has a visual icon representing the item. For instance a green buoy picture, etc. The present app is in beta but supports all 7 volumes (48,000 items) and is actually useful even at this stage. It is not crippled and there are no ads! This is just the beginning of a set of functionality that will eventually support GPS, flashing lights, and other features. The Coast Guard does not warrant the underlying data, but my study of that, does not show any flaws that would preclude using it with caution. After all we haven't been using the light lists anyway, have we? Right. I don't think the BST forum will allow a URL link in normal format, so I inserted some extra spaces which you will have to remove. Here is the link to the beta program at google play. htt ps:// play.goo gle.com/apps/testing/ com.yachtsdelivered.lightlist If you have a problem with the link, send me an email directly. I can respond with the link or send you the app directly. It has been tested with Android 2.2.3 to 6.0.1 on a Motorola Droid and several phones and tablets. It does not slice bread. And only requires to be online during downloading. Otherwise you use it offline without an internet connection. -- Mike Maurice 11598 SW Royal Villa Drive Tigard, Oregon 97224 Home +1-503-624-5895 Cell +1-503-310-7590 http://www.yachtsdelivered.com Alternate email: captmikemaurice@gmail.com