La navigation maritime sous Android & Co
Episode 1 – Description
Since May the 7 th 2024 the latest versions of SailGrib have been enriched with several new weather and ocean models (¹). Among the latter, ultra-high resolution current and wave forecast models from the’Ifremer complete the models Copernicus (formerly called MyOcean) for the Channel and Atlantic coasts. These forecasts are provided with hectometric grids, can be reduced up to 190 meters for some models. But Ifremer, what is ? Read more …
The latest version of SailGrib WR arrives with a completely revised list of weather and ocean models in order to allow users to benefit from the evolution of the offer of international forecast models. The number of models offered increases with new models and the addition of new resolutions available for certain models). Some models evolve and others are added. The version beta is already online. Read more …
The numerous sailors who crisscross the “Big Blue” have known for ages that, if navigation is relatively easy, meteorology represents a particularly difficult constraint to understand. Indeed, if the coasts are mostly steep and the dangers very localized, if the tides are almost negligible, if currents are only to be taken into account in well-defined areas, the major difficulty comes from capricious weather, difficult to predict, can represent a real danger due to its changing moods, sudden, even brutal. Read more …
The new tutorial « Introduction to Marine Weather » is available on Amazon Store for e-reader and cross-platform applications Kindle.
Complete revision of the work initially published in 2015, new, clearer and more readable layout in portrait mode, complete revision of the text, updating videos and illustrations.
From basic knowledge to interpreting GRIB files, an educational journey to help you better understand the weather, the one he will do, and master weather-routing and navigation applications, like SailGrib, Weather4D, and many others.
This work replaces the previous one deleted.
[Update 10 th 2021] Update V.1.3 online on Amazon.fr. Video correction and links.
Created in 1975 on the initiative of European Union members, The European Center for Middle Term Meteorological Forecast is an independent intergovernmental organization whose headquarters, to date, is located in Reading, England. The CEPMMT is funded by 22 Member States and 12 Associated States. It employs near 350 people, And its equipment as supercalulars is one of the most important in Europe. For fifteen years, CEPMMT forecasts tend to be among the most precise in the world, According to the verification data of the world meteorological organization (WMO). The CEPMMT is currently led by the French meteorologist Florence Rabier, who worked at the local weather-france weather office.
More, Since the advent of Brexit, The situation has changed. The United Kingdom is no longer part of the EU, The CEPMMET must move to a European country, And it may have, For weather data users, consequences… positives. Read more …
It’s an interesting match-racing game that’s emerging on Android in the field of marine weather applications.. Indeed, since Olivier Bouyssou ported his software to Android Weather4D, the friendly Henri Laurent, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Nautic, has worked hard to bring new features and improvements to its application SailGrib/WR. In this “digital regatta” he thus marks a formidable opponent, although it has not yet carried the advanced functions of the iOS version to Android. This tactic, which aims to maintain a lead by placing yourself resolutely in front of your opponent, is often used by the best sailors.. Read more …
After the publication of my previous article on navigation applications, Henri Laurent contacted me to correct the omission of his SailGrib WR application, unfortunately slipped through the meshes of my first research. SailGrib and SailGrib WR have been on Google Play since the beginning 2013.
These two applications are based on queries and the display of GRIB files, the WR version adds a routing module. Read more …