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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.
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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) said the 2 February only in response to user feedback, It now plans to continue to provide a paper map service until 2030 at least (²).
After the NOAA (¹) and the SHOM (²), United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) 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 to focus more on its digital navigation products and services. Read more …
An event that occurred last summer escaped the vigilance that I try to maintain on the nautical economy. Fortunately my friends from Geogarage have just filled this gap. In the field of private electronic cartography, The players are changing hands more and more often according to economic and financial negotiations. Read more …
With the latest update of the SHOM the 16 th 2021, Geogarage announces the removal of 18 facsimile charts from British charts covering, mostly, the south coast of England and Gibraltar. These areas are now only covered by the British Admiralty portfolio (UKHO).
Indeed, SHOM recently announced (¹) the rationalization of its catalog of nautical charts, onwards September 2021, by the deletion of many foreign charts reproduced under historical reciprocity agreements with some foreign hydrographic services. Read more …
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, Called ECDIS. This standard has been published under the name S-57 – IHO Special Publication N°57. This standard was subsequently significantly updated, The version 3.1, in November 2000. Ten years were then left to the various operators, manufacturers and publishers, to bring their navigation systems on board ships into compliance. In January 2010, A new standard S-100 IHO Special Publication – Universal Hydrographic Data Model has been published, an important evolution aimed at adapting to this rapid growth in the data available for navigation. Read more …
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).
Since the oldest article in 2013, It appears seven years later that nothing has really changed. On the occasion of a search for a landing in Galicia, I discover that some publishers have still not updated changes that are almost five years old, like the port of A Coruña, which is so busy. I can always be told that the examples I will cite on the West Atlantic coast do not affect safety in any way., But it gives reason to wonder about the rest of the coastline. 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, while the German cartographer NV Verlag had long since represented it perfectly on the NV Charts (²). Read more …
With the delivery yesterday of the version 2.0.54, Weather4D add Imray (¹) to the Routing & Navigation, recently available in Geogarage. Five layers cover the Atlantic facade (²) , from the North Sea and Shetlands to the Canary Islands and the Azores, and one layer covers the Greater and Lesser Antilles.
But the most important are the three layers covering the western, central and eastern Mediterranean, which now provide detailed coverage from the Ionian Sea to the Aegean Sea. An excellent complement to the international SHOM layer. Read more …
I relay here, in French, an article published in the British magazine Yachting Monthly (¹) the 30 th. The subject deals with the debate between paper charts and electronic navigation, by stating many truths, but also sometimes one or two untruths. The remarks have the merit of presenting contrasting arguments, and to obtain the opinion of recognized UK's professional boaters. Since the confinement imposes time constraints on us, let's take this opportunity to enjoy this instructive reading.… Read more …
Geogarage, the mapping platform of raster charts derived from official services, today introduced two ENC-S57 rasterized charts layers for Weather4D Routing & Navigation, covering ’Spain and Croatia. The recent update June, 12 th of the application allows the activation of these two new chart sets. Read more …