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Updated iOS5 and iNavX

Richard Ray tells us :

I noticed after updating iOS 5 that any charts I had downloaded into iNavX were not restored. This occurred because the iOS 5 update requires a full restore of the device and the charts are not stored in the iOS backup (because of iCloud).Let me know if you see different behavior.
To restore any NOAA charts, then select [...]

Plan2Nav the C-Map charting on iPhone/iPad

The application Jeppesen Marine Plan2Nav arrived on iTunes AppStore during September for iPhone and iPad.
As I detailed in a previous post (¹), the Italian company C-Map has been owned 2007 by the US Jeppesen, leader in aerial mapping, depending on the Boeing group. We knew that Jeppesen was preparing an application for smartphone, Panbo had seen a draft in March at the Miami Boat Show, is now done, but…

Free ENC river charts for use with MacENC

As part of its policy to offer users a leak ever more efficient and safe, the public institution Waterways of France embarked on the production of electronic navigational charts on various domestic routes in its network. The first two : the link "Dunkirk-Escaut" and "Garonne" is published.
The big surprise, unique in the history of the French administration, is that these cards are [...]

Manage marine charts on the server x-traverse.com

Since May 2009, Fugawi society has commissioned its download site charts x-traverse.com. Through an annual subscription to have a file storage space, you can buy charts region from multiple vendors, with Navionics Gold vector charts.
Once purchased online, the charts folios are available for TWO YEARS on personal space. They can activate [...]

iSailor, charts are available for France

Transas has updated the list of new maps available for iSailor, include coasts of France :
∙ Germany ∙ Australia ∙ Bermuda ∙ Canada ∙ Denmark ∙ Egypt ∙ Spain ∙ Estonia ∙ Finland ∙ France ∙ Greece ∙ Italy ∙ Ireland ∙ Latvia ∙ New Zealand ∙ Norway ∙ Papua New Guinea ∙ Netherlands ∙ Portugal ∙ United Kingdom ∙ Sweden ∙ USA : Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast, Pacific [...]

Are electronic charts prescribed in France ?

This question comes back to me from time to time, and as no one is supposed to ignore the law, I feel obliged to make my contribution to the edification of the crowds (boating) providing a collective response.

iSailor : Transas charts on iPhone and iPad

In France, mariners are few, or not at all, familiar with English company Transas. The Transas Group is nevertheless one of the world's leading navigation software professional. Founded in 1990 in Southampton, application developer for marine training simulators and aviation, leading ECDIS certified designer, AIS system installer, the company has provided its electronic charting systems to prestigious clients, as the Russian space station MIR [...]

Navionics Charts 2011

 
Navionics recent weeks published new versions of its charts regions stamped 2011. A new Navionics charts foldes « Gold Marine Charts 2011 » has been added to the function « Add more charts » iNavX.
These regions replace the previous ones and must be purchased to be able to download. I explained the procedure in a previous post. I recall that the Navionics charts are being [...]

Imray charts come up on iPhone and iPad

A little history
Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson LTD is private publisher of charts and nautical books the best known of England. It is also the oldest, heir of the first private publishers of nautical charts of the 18th century, the last « bluebacks » or « blueback charts », who owed their name to the blue manilla paper highly resistant used by these manufacturers.
I discovered Imray charts for pleasure during my first visit to [...]

Visit the ocean floor

NOAA has posted a superb animated digital mapping seabed. A few thousand feet below our keel, this fantastic scenery is breathtaking. I can not help you to relay it with translation of their related comment.