Sargassum (sargassum) are brown algae that grow in the Sargasso Sea, off the coast of Florida and the Bahamas, where they get their name from. Some floating species then drift in a long belt that sometimes extends for thousands of kilometers on the surface of the sea depending on ocean currents and winds..
Until 2010 they developed mainly in their region of origin, the Sargasso Sea. In 2011, for a reason probably linked to human pollution, but not only, the Sargasso Sea overflowed. Sargassum formed a second sea in the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) in the north of Brazil. Read more …
A new version of the firmware 2.1.22 is now available for the’Iridium GO!®. This release includes an update to fix an issue of incorrect time and date for The Iridium GO device!® et The GO app!®. This issue results in an incorrect time and date on the device and app, which however does not affect the functionality of the device/app in any way. Appeals, Data, SMS, SOS and follow-up are still working normally. Only cases where a message (Fast GPS, aftercare, SOS) contains a date/time, it will be incorrect. The order of messages in the Iridium GO app!® may not be respected, as well as missed voice calls. Upgrading the device to the new firmware version 2.1.22 will fix this issue.
The few hundred boaters, Android devices users, Who made me happy to follow this blog have been able to see with disappointment the absence of news since the end 2014. I am well sorry, But still to date I note very little in the field of maritime navigation. Apart from the applications already mentioned above which present updates without a revolution, The Android universe seems little of interest to the developers of navigation apps. When analyzing the global market share of Android on smartphones and tablets, and conversely the poverty of navigation applications compared to the proliferation under iOS, We remain doubtful. But that's how.