It is now effective, with the latest update powered on September 27 th, Navionics Boating app becomes Garmin Boating. The Navionics® brand is now only about charting, but for how long ? However, it would seem risky to delete such a well-known trademark ! And as users have been able to see : A new logo has been imposed to clearly identify the owner of the application. Read more …
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Navionics Boating : Garmin updates charts and pricing… on the rise !
As you might expect, Garmin cleaned up the offer and pricing of Navionics Boating charts at the beginning of the year 2024.
No more large areas (like the Mediterranean) up to 35 € ! Several zones are redefined and subscription prices are aligned uniformly with 50 € for most, with two exceptions. Read more …
TZ iBoat V.3.0 launches its charting revolution
Nobeltec, Inc., subsidiaries of MaxSea International, is a leading developer of PC-based marine navigation software and provider of electronic marine navigation charts. This company is the official developer of TZ iBoat on Apple Store. After several weeks of beta-testing, The version 3.0 has just gone online.
A revolution is taking place in the world of maritime cartography... Never seen before ! TimeZero announces.
UKHO delays removal of Admiralty paper charts
British backpedaling : UKHO postpones phasing out of Admiralty paper charts until at least 2030 ! Six months after setting the goal of 2026 for the complete withdrawal from production of all paper navigation charts (¹), UKHO (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office) a déclaré le 2 février qu’en réponse aux commentaires des utilisateurs, il prévoit maintenant de continuer à fournir un service de cartes en papier jusqu’en 2030 at least (²).
Announced end of UKHO paper nautical charts
Après la NOAA (¹) and the SHOM (²), United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (You are there) has just announced its intention to take steps to phase out the production of the world's nautical paper charts by the end of 2026 afin de se concentrer davantage sur ses produits et services de navigation numérique. Read more …
C-Map plays the ping-pong ball of industrial groups
An event that occurred last summer escaped the vigilance that I try to maintain on the nautical economy. Bien heureusement mes amis de Geogarage have just filled this gap. In the field of private electronic cartography, les acteurs changent de plus en plus souvent de main au gré des tractations économico-financières. Read more …
SHOM removes facsimiles from UK charts
With the latest update of the SHOM on April 16 th 2021, Geogarage announces the removal of 18 facsimile charts from British charts covering, mostly, the south coast of England and Gibraltar. Ces zones sont désormais uniquement couvertes par le portefeuille de l’Amirauté Britannique (You are there).
Indeed, le SHOM a annoncé récemment (¹) la rationalisation de son catalogue de cartes marines, onwards September 2021, by the deletion of many foreign charts reproduced under historical reciprocity agreements with some foreign hydrographic services. Read more …
The S-100 standard for ENC charts is quickly evolving [Update]
in May 1992, the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) had adopted a standard aimed at defining the specifications of electronic charts, the ENC, used by ships, as well as the devices that display them, appelés ECDIS. Ce standard a été publié sous la nom S-57 – IHO Special Publication N°57. Cette norme a fait ensuite l’objet d’une importante mise à jour, The version 3.1, in November 2000. Dix années ont ensuite été laissées aux différents opérateurs, industriels et éditeurs, pour mettre en conformité leurs systèmes de navigation embarqués sur les navires. En janvier 2010, un nouveau standard S-100 IHO Special Publication – Universal Hydrographic Data Model a été publié, une importante évolution ayant pour but de s’adapter à cette croissance rapide des données disponibles pour la navigation. Read more …
Electronic maps and updates… be prudent !
Over the last few years, I have expressed myself several times on the quality and reliability levels of the electronic charts we use in yachting., more particularly with the navigation applications of our mobile devices (¹).
Depuis le plus ancien article en 2013, il apparaît sept ans plus tard que rien n’a franchement évolué. A l’occasion d’une recherche d’atterrissage en Galice, je découvre que certains éditeurs n’ont toujours pas mis à jour des modifications pourtant vieilles de bientôt cinq ans, comme le port de La Corogne pourtant tellement fréquenté. I can always be told that the examples I will cite on the West Atlantic coast do not affect safety in any way., mais cela donne de quoi s’interroger sur le reste du littoral. It should be remembered that SHOM took nearly a year to update on its raster charts the extension of the port of Minimes in La Rochelle, quand le cartographe germanique NV Verlag l’avait depuis longtemps parfaitement représentée sur les NV Charts (²). Read more …
Weather4D Routing & Navigation supports Imray charts
With the delivery yesterday of the version 2.0.54, Weather4D add Imray charts (¹) to the Routing & Navigation, recently available in Geogarage. Five layers cover the Atlantic facade (²) , de la Mer du Nord et des Shetlands aux Canaries et aux Açores, and one layer covers the Greater and Lesser Antilles.
But the most important are the three layers covering the western, central and eastern Mediterranean, qui apportent désormais une couverture en détail de la Mer Ionienne jusqu’à la Mer Egée. An excellent complement to the international SHOM layer. Read more …