Boaters and water sports enthusiasts now have two applications to help them better understand and protect the increasingly fragile marine environment.. Nav&Co is an initiative 100% public composed of SHOM, of the OFB (French Office for Biodiversity), of the Secretary of State for the Sea and the DGAMPA, with co-financing from the European Union. DONIA (*) is a private initiative of the company Andromeda Oceanology which received support from the Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse Water Agency. If DONIA is dedicated mainly to the western Mediterranean basin, Nav&Co currently covers all metropolitan France, Corsica and Guadeloupe. Read more …
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For eco-responsible yachting. Part 1 – DONIA
Boaters and water sports enthusiasts now have two applications to help them better understand and protect the increasingly fragile marine environment.. DONIA is a private initiative of the company Andromeda Oceanology which received support from the Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse Water Agency. Nav&Co (*) is an initiative 100% public composed of SHOM, of the OFB (French Office for Biodiversity), of the Secretary of State for the Sea and the DGAMPA, with co-financing from the European Union. If DONIA is dedicated mainly to the western Mediterranean basin, Nav&Co currently covers all metropolitan France, Corsica and Guadeloupe. Read more …
TZ iBoat V.3.0 launches its charting revolution
Nobeltec, Inc., subsidiary of MaxSea International, is a leading developer of PC marine navigation software and a supplier of electronic nautical navigation charts. This company is the official developer of TZ iBoat on Apple Store. After several weeks of beta-testing, version 3.0 has just gone online.
A revolution is taking place in the world of maritime cartography... Never seen before ! » TimeZero announcement.
Weather4D and the unable-to-route syndrome
Yachtmen my friends, many of you still have difficulty with the subtleties of the routing function in Weather4D, Despite the pages dedicated to routing errors in both user manuals (¹), which are accessible from the application by tapping on the " ? " in the top right banner. But don't panic ! Read more …
Connecting USB/Bluetooth GPS with Mac M1 [Update-2]
The arrival of Macs with Apple M1 processors and macOS systems 11 "Big Sur" and macOS 12 "Monterey" had caused disappointments among GPS users connected via USB and/or Bluetooth for their navigation applications..
In USB, Latest DriverProlific V.2.2.2 is now universal for GPS BU-353xx by GlobalSat. As for theGNS3000 (¹) in Bluetooth it always undergoes an instability of the interface for the connection of multiple devices, instability that unfortunately does not yet seem to be fully fixed. Read more …
eSail4VR V.1.20 Update
Update version 1.20 :
- Choosing how to load the weather forecast : world (standard scheme) or optimized : Local coverage of a race.
- Button to force the refresh of the weather forecast.
- Improved management of exclusion zones.
eSail4VR V.1.14 Update
A new version of eSail4VR has just been published in the Windows Store online stores, Google Play, App Store (macOS), AppStore (iOS/iPadOS). It brings the following improvements since the major release 1.11 (¹) :
- Adjustment of the "VMG max tolerance" option increased from 0° to 20° (5°previously).
- Improved routing algorithms.
- Improved stability.
- Correction of the passage of the antimeridian.
- Fixed various bugs
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(¹) eSail4VR 1.11 Available on the platforms [Update]
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eSail4VR 1.11 Available on the platforms [Update]
In gestation and intensive tests for several months, The new version 1.11 is available on all platforms (¹). On the menu a large number of novelties, including "Expert Mode", A new routing engine, The support of the "boost" effect well known to specialists. The improvements mainly concern the user interface to meet the many requests and feedback from users. Let's see the details below…
[Update 29/01/2022] Fixes have been made to fix crashes on some platforms. See the latest versions on eSail4VR's page.
Weather4D User Guides and SplitView Feature [Update]
For those who don't know yet, from iOS 11 it is possible to run two applications simultaneously on an iPad in landscape mode (¹). This is particularly useful for consulting the User Guides depending versions of Weather4D while handling the application. Read more …
eSail4VR for Virtual Regatta is available on all four stores
Cross-platform applicationeSail4VR dedicated to routing for Virtual Regatta, about I wrote a few days ago (¹), is available for download on online storesMac App Store (macOS), App Store (iOS/iPadOS), Google Play (Android), Windows Store. Just in time for the Route du Rhum!
To know everything in one click on this revolutionary application, It's on its website to install in your favorites. The application also has its FaceBook page, and its FaceBook Users Group. Read more …