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Updated 2.0.89 Available for fixing a crash on opening with the latest version iOS/iPadOS 17.4. The crash is caused by an iOS bug in the transmitted atmospheric pressure data. No more applications receive this data.
The bug does not affect the Lite and Routing versions.
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Since the arrival of the ARM-based Mac (M1… M3…) and the system macOS 11 Big Sur, Weather4D Routing & Navigation runs natively on our favorite computers (¹). But this happy event was not going to, since then, without a few small restrictions. The most annoying one for users was, to date, loss of distance calculation. This is done on touch devices by a two-finger long press, there was no function to translate this gesture on Mac. The mouse has only one pointer, not two ! Read more …
Updated 2.0.87 application Weather4D Routing & Navigation :
The new cards derived from the ENCs are available for subscription at Geogarage. The ENC Germany file includes general maps of the entire Baltic Sea, but without the details outside the German shores.
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Yachtmen my friends, many of you still have difficulty with the subtleties of the routing function in Weather4D, Despite the pages dedicated to routing errors in both user manuals (¹), which are accessible from the application by tapping on the " ? " in the top right banner. But don't panic ! Read more …
Bátar, What is ? This is the word "boat" in Icelandic. It is true that pronounced in French, it sounds a bit weird, but we quickly forget ! And why talk about it ? Because Weather4D has given its support to this surprising collective that has decided to revive the great tradition of the Vikings and their maritime expeditions. Toulouse citizen as the members of Bátar, Olivier Bouyssou was seduced by their project and the energy they have devoted to it for ten years. And since they already use its application to navigate the connection became obvious.. Read more …
For those who don't know yet, from iOS 11 it is possible to run two applications simultaneously on an iPad in landscape mode (¹). This is particularly useful for consulting the User Guides depending versions of Weather4D while handling the application. Read more …
Sailors my friends who love regattas and offshore racing, if you are provided with excellent French instrumentation NKE (¹), enjoy ! With the last version 2.0.81 Weather4D Routing & Navigation now supports full transfer of performance data to NKE's Topline bus. Non-Weather4D users please refrain… Read more …
With version Routing & Navigation 2.0.81, Weather4D supports weather files in GRIB2 format by external download. For example, the very high resolution ICON-D2 model (¹) of Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) for Northern Europe can be opened in the app. Read more …
We've been talking about it since 2020 in the Facebook group of Weather4D users, the messaging app Weather4D Routing & Navigation (¹) now works on ARM-based Mac : Mac M1 and later, from the system macOS 11.x ("Big Sur" and following). All you need to do is connect the Mac to a GPS receiver or a NMEA gateway via Wi-Fi to receive the position and navigation data from the instruments.. Read more …
New publication of User Guide from Weather4D Routing in French version. Warning, It's about a New version to download which replaces the previous one (¹). The old guide should be removed from your library in the Apple Books app. Read more …