Tutorials – Page 13 – Navigation Mac & Co

Weather4D PRO 1.3.2 adds the currents in the routing

Posted on3 December 20125 th 20244 comments

With the version 1.3.2, Weather4D PRO allows to get and display currents as GRIB data. To begin with, currents available are provided with subscription by Tidetech, I mentioned there in the past (¹). Once entered in Weather4D PRO settings a username and password, provided at the time of subscription, you can access Tidetech global catalog.

Only one PRO subscription to Tidetech allows you to obtain files in GRIB format. The company is considering a specific offer for applications on iPad / iPhone. Read more …

iPolar generates speed polars for Weather4D PRO

Posted on25 November 201222 January 20216 comments

You dreamed of it since Weather4D Pro has featured its powerful routing module. He did it !

Our Toulousian crazy developer, Olivier Bouyssou, just sent Apple a new app : iPolar.

Developed in collaboration with — and on behalf of — KND SailingPerformance, iPolar calculates the performance polars of a sailboat based on specific parameters, Easy to identify : Read more …

iNavX 3.6.1 with high-resolution GRIB files

Posted on20 November 20126 th 20243 comments

Since version 3.6.1 iNavX provides overlay of GRIB weather files in high resolution from theyr.com. This English website owned by Kona Ltd company is the developer of the application GribView which I talked about in a previous post (¹). An active account on x-traverse.com must be open, and done subscription to one of the Theyr subscriptions.

Actually x-traverse.com website allows two subscriptions :

Theyr Standard – Mobile at the annual price of $9,99 (environ 7,85 €) or monthly of $3,99 (environ 3,10 €)
Theyr Premium – Mobile at the annual price of $19,99 (environ 15,70 €) or monthly of $6,99 (environ 5,40 €)

Routing comes up in Weather4D PRO 1.3

Posted on12 th 201211 th 20249 comments

After several months of intensive development and testing, under the conditions mentioned in a previous post, Olivier Bouyssou will offer his latest version of Weather4D PRO 1.3.0. At no additional cost, the routing module will simply be added with the update !

A career as a computer developer in the service of technical engineering combined with a solid mathematical background (¹) has enabled it to develop routing algorithms that have nothing to envy to the market leaders (²). Added to an interface that everyone agrees with, this new advanced feature that will appeal to both racers and cruisers, want to optimize their trips in the best conditions of safety and comfort. The new features will :

Routing :

Routing isochronous mixed (Sail and engine).
Polar efficiency adjustment in percentage.
Management of polar combined with multiple sails sets.
Refreshment of a route from actual location.
Importing Fleeces (CSV files) by the "Open in… ”.
Export route calculated by mail and "Open in… ”.
Conversion of the calculated route to a "normal" route (export to iNavX).

GRIB Files :

Request for fine grids files WRF by email (email, XGate, Iridium Mail) as for the GFS.

Apps de navigation : what's new for the start of the school year

Posted on6 th 20125 th 20242 comments

While I spent my summer diligently testing hardware and software in extremely arduous conditions, hard-working developers tirelessly aligned miles of lines of code to improve our navigation applications. What dedication, what self-sacrifice !

Challenging working conditions…

Regarding navigation applications, the new features mainly come from Navionics Marine and iSailor Sex. To all lord all honor, let's start with the undisputed leader of our smartphones and tablets, Navionics charts… Read more …

NMEA 2000, a network standard of the future

Posted on29 January 20124 th 20242 comments

NMEA 2000® (¹) is a standard for electronic communication network specifically designed for pleasure boats, according to an industry standard published by the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA). It aims to meet many needs, arising from the considerable increase of electronic devices onboard, the widespread use of computers and MFDs (²) with control and navigation application more sophisticated. It also aims to interconnect equipment provided by various manufacturers and brands, allowing boat builders and users great freedom in the choice of their navigation instruments. Read more …

Miniplex-2Wi, the new WiFi multiplexer for iPad and iPhone

Posted on16 January 20124 th 20246 comments

The company ShipModul website has just presented on its website its brand new WiFi multiplexer, Miniplex-2Wi. The Miniples-2Wi only regards boats owners with NMEA 0183 and/or RAYMARINE SeaTalk instruments. For boats with NMEA 2000, network, refer to the excellent SeaSmart WiFi Recently featured on this blog.

Search for charts information data with iNavX

Posted on10 January 201210 January 20127 comments

Navionics vector charts contain a number of detailed information for each marina, and sometimes certain anchorages. These places are marked on charts by the symbol shown against.

This data is called "Navaids" when the information relates to navigation, and "POIs" when dealing with practical and interesting information (Point Of Interest, The "s" is the plural). Read more …

Anchorage alarm with iNavX

Posted on12 th 20113 th 20242 comments

iNavX offers for a while an "anchor alarm" feature, currently available at the bottom of the application Home page.

This function was frequently criticized as impractical.. iNavX 3.3.0 rectifies the failure in an improvement that makes it particularly clever now fully operational.

The "Anchor Alarm" function allows you to set the radius of a drift circle, with an adjustment from 0,01 NM (19 meters) to 0,30 NM (556 meters) beyond which an alarm (Buzzer) Fires. Read more …

Use an Iridium phone with Mac OS

Posted on1 th 20113 th 20247 comments

British company Mailasail provides tools to connect directly an Iridium to Mac OS X. A driver specially designed by them now allows data to be transferred from a messaging application under OS, mainly Mail or Thunderbird, and surf the Internet.

We can make requests for weather files by mail from servers Mailasail, Saildocs, ocens.net or even Navimail. The subscription to Teleport-it provides several services : mail compression, access to the weather file server Teleport Weather (¹), Possibility of creating a personalized blog. In addition, there are two very useful applications : Teleport Firewall and Teleport Proxy.

Finally, Mailasail had the good idea to offer a free trial subscription, allowing you to carry out all the configuration that will follow, and to test mail sending/receiving following procedure described on its website. Read more …