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20 years after NMEA 2000 and more than 40 years after NMEA0183, OneNet® is the third-generation NMEA standard for interfacing and networking marine data.
In development since 2010 by NMEA members (1), to be published in late 2021, the OneNet standard is based on the IP Internet Protocol (2) version 6 (IPv6) and runs on IEEE Ethernet LAN 802.3. This new standard is intended to combine the three NMEA data standards — OneNet, NMEA 2000, NMEA0183 — on a single local area network (LAN). Read more …
Updated 1.9 tutorials :
Fix implemented GOexec® with Weather4D
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Appeared in spring 2017, the Nomad from Digital Yacht was the first, and the only one, portable AIS transponder. I carried out a detailed test the following summer, reported on this blog (¹). It had been feared that this excellent device would be discontinued, because it has been unavailable for several months, but not at all ! Right now it is reborn in a new and improved version : Nomad-2. Read more …
Since taking over MacENC at the end of the year 2020, become MacENCx64 (¹), it took three painstaking years for the company NavStation LLC to finalize the implementation of a global charting. Since January 1 2024 is now done. A long negotiation with the ENC charting distributor ChartWorld (²) has enabled the creation of a range of vector charts in ENC S-57/S-63 format (³) as in-app purchase. Read more …
Update version 1.24
Available for iOS/iPadOS / Android / Windows. Incessantly for macOS.
Warning : It is imperative to update the app. Older versions will stop working January 1 2024.
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Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) (Global Navigation Satellite System), have become the primary source of Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT1) for ships and marine operations. GNSS is also used for the automatic identification system (AIS2). Unfortunately, GNSS is recognized to be vulnerable to jamming and spoofing, intentional or not, that may result in the loss of positioning information, or, still worse, inaccurate positioning information. Read more …
After the end of the contract that allowed iNavX to benefit from the beginning all the Navionics charts (¹), and after several unsuccessful attempts to include C-Map charts, NavX Studios LLC eventually contracted with the Canadian company SiiTech Inc. to provide iNavX with a charting gradually covering the world. 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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El Niño continues to develop in the tropical Pacific. Forecasters expect the phenomenon to continue into the spring, with 75 up to 85 % chances of it becoming an intense event. A stronger El Niño – The definition of which follows – means it's more likely that we'll see its effects reflected in winter temperatures and rain-and-snow patterns around the world.
Source & screenshots : NOAA – Emily Becker Freely translated. Read more …
Update of the charts catalogue from British’UKHO projects for Weather4D Routing & Navigation up to SailGrib WR by Geogarage.
In total the catalogue includes 958 charts (1787 with insets)
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