[January update 2025] This great app, not updated for several years, no longer works and has been removed from the Apple Store. It's a shame because I had made the French version. A similar alternative could be Celestial Navigation whose latest version 1.4 Mid-2020 date. I haven't had the opportunity to test it yet.
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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.
SHOM map update at Geogarage
Catalog update SHOM charts France / DOM-TOM and dependencies by Geogarage for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR
- 214 updated charts (dont 13 new editions)
- 4 deleted charts
The catalog includes 860 charts (1430 with insets)
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MacENCx64 V.10.2.0 Update
This important Updating the app mainly concerns the cartographic rendering of the user interface.
Update of the UKHO charts catalogue at Geogarage
Update of the British charts catalogue from UKHO for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR by Geogarage.
- 828 updated charts, dont 15 new editions
- 1 Map deleted
In total the UKHO catalog includes 888 charts (1646 with insets)
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BBC Radio 4 – The Shipping Forecast celebrates its 100 years old
2025 marks the 100 years of the broadcast of marine weather forecasts The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4. This emblematic transmission, produced by the UK Met Office on behalf of MCA_media, continues to be a vital safety service for mariners along our coasts.
I had written an article at the beginning 2010 (¹) on the gradual disappearance of radio weather forecasts in France, and praised the consistency of the BBC bulletin. Fifteen years later, the marine weather forecast is still broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Long Waves at the same unchanging times. Hats off ! Read more …
The magnetic north pole is on the move [Update-2025]
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
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 chart publishing 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. ”