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Catalog update SHOM charts France / DOM-TOM and dependencies by Geogarage for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR
All international cards have been removed and will not be replaced by SHOM (See the information of the GeoGarage blog). However, they continue to be present in the database (but will no longer be updated from their last version).
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Many of you ask me about choosing an iPad for boating use. Unfortunately having no time to respond to every request a post is required. Every year, it is appropriate to review this issue, and sometimes even more often.
Follow your guide, new iPads 2025… Read more …
March, the volume 2 from Introduction to Marine Weather – Weather in the Mediterranean, is updated on the iBook Store (Apple Books)
Version 1.1 – Addition of a paragraph on Advanced thunderstorm forecasting data.
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Tuesday 25 February 2025, A new version of the deterministic model of the artificial intelligence forecasting system (AIFS) has been published and operationally implemented. This update marks a turning point in ECMWF's history, since AIFS Single v1 is the first AIFS model to be rendered fully operational (¹). Read more …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employs approximately 12 000 people around the world, more than half of whom are scientists and engineers. NOAA Operates 18 satellites and 15 vessels and has a budget of 6,8 billion dollars. Through various services, its job is to study the atmosphere (National Weather Service), study the oceans, fish resources, charting the seas (National Ocean Service), to follow their evolution and predict their future (Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research). NOAA's work is critical for aviation, Navy, fishing, climate research and offshore oil and gas exploration, especially when it comes to modelling weather patterns and climate change. Read more …
You know all the good things I think of my partner and friend Dominique Gauthier, Founder and Managing Director of iTabNav.fr (¹). I have been using his products since the beginning, We frequently collaborate, and also sometimes sail together.
He has just completed its online sales website a complete makeover. Read more …
The French satellite service provider Eutelsat has just announced on February 24 th that it has successfully completed the world's first test of connecting to the 5G non-terrestrial network using low-Earth orbit satellites (LEO) by OneWeb (¹).
This program not only addresses today's connectivity needs, but also lays the foundations for Europe's strategic autonomy in a digitalised world. ”
He said. Read more …
The Mediterranean Sea has a unique configuration in the world. An enclosed maritime area of nearly two thousand nautical miles from west to east, it is only open to the Atlantic by a strait of eight nautical miles. Read more …
Updated 2.2 (February 2025)
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Updated Weather4D 2.0.94 Fixing potential crashes of the application in certain conditions of use.
Updated also Weather4D Routage 2.0.59
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