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
Author : Francis
From 2009 independent IT trainer and consultant for boating. Translator of several navigation apps on iOS and MacOS. Professional in boating for over 30 years old, I provide training for applications and consulting and assistance for the integration of mobile devices (tablets, smartphones) on board pleasure boats.
New Argentina catalog at Geogarage
Replacing the Raster Map Catalog with the NHS ENC charts by Geogarage rasterized for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR.
- 101 Argentina maps.
- 6 Antarctica maps
The catalog includes 107 tiled raster maps from ENCs.
Update Weather4D R&N 2.0.93
- Fixed an issue that occurred with the update macOS Sequoia 15.2 preventing the app from opening on Mac.
- Corrective update regarding a malfunction in the selection of time steps of some forecast models.
In addition, The model IFS increase up to 15 days and is augmented by the " Gusts ”
Addition of the Argentina charting available at Geogarage.
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Updating maps of the Netherlands at Geogarage
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.
- 24 new charts
- 54 deleted charts
- 19 maps for the Caribbean (Sint Maarten (NL part) / Saba / Saint-Eustache / Aruba / Curaçao / Bonaire)
The catalog includes 136 tiled raster maps from ENCs.
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Imray abandons the publication of maps and refocuses its activities
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. ”
eSail4VR 1.35 : heading up to Vendée Globe 2024
Two years after its launch for the Route du Rhum 2022, the cross-platform routing application dedicated to gaming Virtual Regatta Offshore has been the subject of an essential update in the run-up to the Vendée Globe. It has been available since September 29 th (¹), in order to support the latest Virtual Regatta 7.0. Read more …
InavX adopts Imray charts
With the latest version 5.6.35 from February the 25 th last September, iNavX integrates Imray charting 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..”
If the Gulf Stream ended ?
© Maritime Museum of Tatihou Island 2005
No, these are not the catastrophic rantings of an inveterate collapsologist, but a very serious study reported by the climatologist Stefan Rahmstorf. I give here a French and freely adapted transcription.
The warm currents that reach Europe are now called by climatologists AMOC, in English the "Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation". Read more …
Garmin Boating V.22.0
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 …
SHOM charts catalog update at Geogarage
Catalog update SHOM charts France / DOM-TOM and dependencies by Geogarage for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR
- 182 updated charts (dont 14 new editions)
The catalog includes 861 charts (1431 with insets)
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