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Sargassum, North Atlantic calamity

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Sargassum (sargassum) are brown algae that grow in the Sargasso Sea, off Florida and the Bahamas, where they got 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 according to ocean currents and winds..

Until 2010 they developed mainly in their region of origin, the Sargasso Sea. In 2011, for a reason probably related to human pollution, but not only, the Sargasso Sea overflowed. Sargassum has formed a second sea in the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) in the north of Brazil. Read more …

SHOM removes facsimiles from UK charts

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With the latest update of the SHOM charts portfolio 16 September, 2021, Geogarage announces the removal of 18 facsimile charts from British charts covering, mainly, the south coast of England and Gibraltar. These areas are now only covered by the British Admiralty portfolio. (UKHO).

Indeed, SHOM recently announced (¹) rationalization of its catalog of nautical charts, onwards September 2021, by the deletion of many foreign charts reproduced under historical reciprocity agreements with some foreign hydrographic services. Read more …

Navygatio : SailGrib's "Cloud" service

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The latest V.6.4 update of SailGrib WR brings a major novelty : Navygatio (¹), a web interface that will allow browsing to be recorded on a server over the water, to add pictures, to share his page with relatives, to compare the tracks, to analyze performance, and many more to come. A real " cloud »at the unique service of SailGrib WR users on Android and Weather4D Routage & Navigation users with iOS. Read more …

SailGrib WR adopts Geogarage maps

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Collaboration is progressing between SailGrib and Weather4D. The recent version SailGrib WR 6.0 adds platform map support Geogarage including the international catalogs of SHOM and UKHO among around twenty publishers. These “tiled” raster maps are mostly based on digital data from official hydrographic services., be more than 10.000 maps available to date, and available on their interactive catalog.

Unlike the majority of private providers, Geogarage offers subscriptions by publisher, and not by geographic area (¹). These are renewable annual subscriptions allowing regular updates. The icing on the cake is pooling of subscriptions between Android and iOS devices : an account created on the Geogarage platform allows you to download the subscribed maps on an iPad with Weather4D Routing & Navigation and an Android smartphone with SailGrib WR, or conversely an Android tablet and an iPhone with their respective application, up to five different devices. Read more …

SailGrib VR – Dedicated routing for Virtual Regatta

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The brand new SailGrib app is available on the Google Play. SailGrib for Virtual Regatta is only dedicated to the game. It brings the power of SailGrib routing optimized for Virtual Regatta enthusiasts while retaining the ergonomic interface and appreciated by other SailGrib applications.

By opening the application, once your Virtual Regatta credentials have been entered, you are therefore instantly logged into your account. By default, the application opens on the last connected race. If you have other races in progress, you select them in the side menu (navigation drawer).

Position et trace du bateau affichés en temps réel

Position and track of the boat displayed in real time

Without any manipulation or adjustment, find your position displayed in real time on the planisphere. If a new weather file is available for the game, it will be automatically downloaded when opened. The same 1 ° GFS model is used in the game. Read more …

Routing : from game to reality

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On the second day of racing in this Vendée Globe 2020, we can say that the weather conditions that the skippers will experience on the descent to the Doldrums will be particularly tough. After a departure by a young lady, a first not very active cold front which passed without a hitch, the loners will cross a second much more violent front in the night and morning from Tuesday to Wednesday, for the group going to the West, and in the evening for the group spent between the DST (¹) la France.

But these conditions to come are very different for Virtual Regatta players and for sailors.… Read more …

SailGrib embarks for the Vendée Globe 2020

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Not, This is not a joke ! SailGrib embark with Weather4D on the Vendée Globe 2020 with Virtual Regatta. The two friends Henri and Olivier have jointly developed a routing module directly integrated into the game.

Philippe Guigné, the creator of the online game Virtual Regatta, explains in an interview with Sails & Boat :

«… we want the virtual Vendée Globe to be aimed at the general public and it is therefore logical that we help neophytes by providing new tools. So, for this edition we are offering a routing assistance system, directly integrated into the game, in partnership with SailGrib and Weather4D. These routings will first be simplified so that everyone can use them. In a second time, we will set up more elaborate routings that will allow us to determine long-term strategies…"

A new evolution for the two leaders in navigation applications, weather and routing on mobile devices, which should allow them to popularize their applications to a large audience, and perhaps spark vocations among the large number of players who have never set foot on water.

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APP4NAV abandons the Android version of Weather4D

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Weather4D had been ported to Android this fall 2013. One year later, in December 2014, Weather4D integrated map navigation, NMEA data support via TCP-IP, autopilot control. He only wanted routing, already developed iOS for Apple devices.

The, the following years, the time-growth of iOS development did not allow the developer to follow the Android version in parallel to the same level of functionality. Finally, two years ago, Google announced that applications using native code should include a version 64 bits (in addition to the version 32 bits). Read more …

Weather4D and SailGrib improve the AIS network

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Many Internet-transmitted AIS tracking networks are available. Among the best known : Marine Traffic, Vessel Finder, SiiTech, The LocalizaTodo, and many others. One of these networks stands out particularly, AIS hub, an AIS data sharing Center in NMEA format, that provides developers with an API for integration of its network into applications, and therefore display of AIS targets received via the Internet directly in the application. Featured from the origin in the functions of Weather4D Routing & Navigation, this system has made it possible to envisage new and particularly innovative services. Read more …