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Catalog update SHOM charts France / DOM-TOM and dependencies by Geogarage for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR
The catalog includes 865 charts (1431 with the inserts)
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).
Not even a year after announcing the end of production of its famous nautical charts (¹), Imray is back with a new partner. English publishers Imray and Austrian freytag & berndt consider the creation of a joint company to ensure the future of marine charts (²).
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Earth's magnetic north pole is rapidly moving away from the Canadian Arctic towards Siberia. NCEI scientists (¹) updated the global magnetic model (WMM) 2025.
The position of the geomagnetic North Pole is 80.8°N in latitude and 138.6° E in longitude
Replacing the Raster Map Catalog with the NHS ENC charts by Geogarage rasterized for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR.
The catalog includes 107 tiled raster maps from ENCs.
Catalog update of raster maps from the NLHO for the Netherlands by Geogarage for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR. There are also maps of the managed Caribbean islands by NLHO.
The catalog includes 136 tiled raster maps from ENCs.
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The end of an era !After more than 200 years spent guiding sailors, Imray will begin to gradually cease its nautical chart publishing activities, thus marking the end of an era. This difficult decision reflects the shift to digital navigation, But we are not leaving.
Card production and support, including Imray's Notices to Mariners, will continue until the 2025. Afterlife, No new editions will be published. ”
With the latest version 5.6.35 from February the 25 th last September, iNavX integrates Imray offered by its supplier SiiTech (¹). NavX Studios does not hesitate to announce in its communication :
As the leading publisher of nautical information for leisure sailors, Imray joins iNavX, making us the first mobile navigation platform to offer and support these trusted charts..”
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 …
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) to 35 € ! Several zones are redefined and subscription prices are aligned uniformly with 50 € for most, with two exceptions. Read more …
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.