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 dispense from training to applications as well as advice and assistance for the integration of mobile devices (tablets, smartphones) on board pleasure boats.

Navigate with an iPad at the Nautic Paris boat show

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Already two days past and the dream team was overwhelmed by a huge number of visitors. Don't let this photo fool you : it was taken yesterday evening after closing, whew, A little respite !

Nautic stand D41

An expanded stand this year

On the program of presentations :

  • iPad accessories with exclusive new protection LifeProof received on Friday.
  • Our favorite apps : iNavX and Navionics charting, Weather4D PRO and routing feature, with the exclusive presentation of iPolar for easy creation of speed polars.
  • Demonstration of WiFi connection with networks NMEA 0183 and NMEA2000.

Come see us, iPadNav gives you great prices, you'll be able to see our iPads splashing around in the aquarium and our apps on the new iPad Mini, A must !

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Weather4D PRO 1.3.2 adds the currents in the routing

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weather4d proWith the version 1.3.2, Weather4D PRO allows to get and display currents as GRIB data. To begin with, currents available are provided with subscription by Tidetech, I mentioned there in the past (¹). Once entered in Weather4D PRO settings a username and password, provided at the time of subscription, you can access Tidetech global catalog.

Only one PRO subscription to Tidetech allows you to obtain files in GRIB format. The company is considering a specific offer for applications on iPad / iPhone. Read more …

Protections for iPad (3)

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In a post from 19 th 2011 I mentioned the announcement of an iPad waterproof case by the young company LifeProof. It took a year and a half to see the outcome of this case. We must understand that the rapid succession of iPad models, mainly the radical change in form between iPads 1 and 2, did not encourage this company to rush to launch the design of its first protection. Read more …

iPolar generates speed polars for Weather4D PRO

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iPolarYou dreamed of it since Weather4D Pro has featured its powerful routing module. He did it !

Our Toulousian crazy developer, Olivier Bouyssou, just sent Apple a new app : iPolar.

Developed in collaboration with — and on behalf of — KND SailingPerformance, iPolar calculates the performance polars of a sailboat based on specific parameters, Easy to identify : Read more …

iNavX 3.6.1 with high-resolution GRIB files

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Since version 3.6.1 iNavX provides overlay of GRIB weather files in high resolution from theyr.com. This English website owned by Kona Ltd company is the developer of the application GribView which I talked about in a previous post (¹). An active account on x-traverse.com must be open, and done subscription to one of the Theyr subscriptions.

Actually x-traverse.com website allows two subscriptions :

  • Theyr Standard – Mobile at the annual price of $9,99 (environ 7,85 €) or monthly of $3,99 (environ 3,10 €)
  • Theyr Premium – Mobile at the annual price of $19,99 (environ 15,70 €) or monthly of $6,99 (environ 5,40 €)

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BeiDou-2 Chinese GPS

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BD-2GChina launched its 16th satellite of its satellite positioning system BeiDou-2. Like all other Chinese satellites, it was put into orbit by their own rocket Long March 3.

It is the sixth satellite launched this year to complete the constellation of satellites that will make up the BeiDou-2 navigation network. Started in 2007, this network is the successor to the BeiDou-1 project launched in October 2000 and gradually made up of 4 Experimental satellites. Read more …

iPhone 5 and GPS

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Qualcomm MDM9615

Source : iFixit

iPhone 5With iPad 3, Apple has discontinued Broadcom's BCM475x series A-GPS chipsets that powered iPads 1 and 2 and iPhones 4. From iPhone 4S and iPad 3, says New iPad (¹), it is now Qualcomm company which provides Apple devices a modem integrating all communication features, series Gobi™ Modems (²). Read more …

Routing comes up in Weather4D PRO 1.3

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Weather4D PROAfter several months of intensive development and testing, under the conditions mentioned in a previous post, Olivier Bouyssou will offer his latest version of Weather4D PRO 1.3.0. At no additional cost, the routing module will simply be added with the update !

A career as a computer developer in the service of technical engineering combined with a solid mathematical background (¹) has enabled it to develop routing algorithms that have nothing to envy to the market leaders (²). Added to an interface that everyone agrees with, this new advanced feature that will appeal to both racers and cruisers, want to optimize their trips in the best conditions of safety and comfort. The new features will :

Routing :

  • Routing isochronous mixed (Sail and engine).
  • Polar efficiency adjustment in percentage.
  • Management of polar combined with multiple sails sets.
  • Refreshment of a route from actual location.
  • Importing Fleeces (CSV files) by the "Open in… ”.
  • Export route calculated by mail and "Open in… ”.
  • Conversion of the calculated route to a "normal" route (export to iNavX).

GRIB Files :

  • Request for fine grids files WRF by email (email, XGate, Iridium Mail) as for the GFS.

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