The acronym "Vaton" means in English Virtual Aid to Navigation. En Français : Virtual assistance to navigation (¹).
This concept is an extension of AIS. It allows, by means of a spacific AIS transponder located onshore, managed by an administration software, reporting virtually unreported hazard. The position of these hazards is plotted by an AIS target as an appropriate icon. In example, [...]
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Testimony : Transquadra and Navigation Mac
After Jean Debèze, avid supporter of Navigation Mac, made me the pleasure of a detailed tutorial about installing a multiplexer aboard his sailboat, here's a ticket by Jacques Vermeulen, reflecting very didactic experience during the recent Transquadra, aboard "Bluestairs", with the owner and friend Marc Bolla.
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Enrolled in the Transquadra 2011/2012, we met, during the first stage of [...]
NMEA 2000, a network standard for the future
NMEA 2000 (¹) is a standard for electronic communication network specifically designed for pleasure boats, according to an industry standard published by the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA). It aNMEAto meet many needs, arising from the considerable increase of electronic devices onboard, the spread of computers and MFDs (²) with control and navigation application more sophisticated. He [...]
Galileo, here we go !
Just published, call number 20 th, my previous post about iPhone 4S new GPS chipset – to receive signals from the Russian GLONASS system – in which I inserted a skeptical comment about the future of Galileo, I find myself caught up in the news.
Not only the first two Galileo satellites were launched the following day 21 October successfully from Kourou, but more by the pitcher [...]
When Katia meets La Louise
Thierry Dubois and his crew, Jacques Vermeulen experimenting with the Iridium connection with its new MacBook Air, should not laugh at a time when I post this short note.
La Louise, conveying from Newfoundland to La Trinité, is in the making up of Hurricane Katia, ex-tropical cyclone, which must reach the shores of the British Isles the next night. According to the latest position and the estimated speed, [...]
ADS-B, aviator's AIS
As I have already written, in the word "aeronautic" there is "nautic". It is no accident. So much so that for several years the world of aviation is developing a similar concept to the maritime AIS : ADS-B. I also would not be able to say which of the two is the first , it doesn't matter !
As the news about us is a little flat these days – normal [...]
AIS, the second maritime revolution after the GPS
AIS takes a growing place, for two or three years, in the concerns of leisure boaters. Several articles refer to it in this blog, as for equipment as for applications available for our Mac, iPad or iPhone.
Note to neophytes in this subject, or to confirm the knowledge of the most informed of you, it seemed useful to clarify what the AIS means, as has just [...]
Plan your air traffic… ULM
In the word « Aeronautic » there is « Nautic ».What gives me a good reason to write about applications for private aviators. And I always dreamed of flying, but only had the opportunity to go paragliding for too short years.
I'll, for once, gain altitude to discuss a new application available from the iPad 11 March 2011 : BASES-AERO (HD).
Applications F-AERO, [...]
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