The magnetic north pole of the Earth is rapidly moving away from the Canadian Arctic to Siberia. This movement has forced NCEI's scientists (¹) to update the World Magnetic Model (WMM) mid-cycle.
9 rd 2019
Francis
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Archive keyword: cartography
28 November 2018
Francis
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Transas iSailor becomes Wärtsilä iSailor [Update]
It had to happen one day ! iSailor users will be disappointed… in May 2018, Transas was bought by the Finnish Wärtsilä Corporation Group, a world leader in intelligent technologies and solutions for markets Marine … Continue reading
9 November 2018
Francis
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Fugawi charts service is discontinued [Update]
It's official, on 30 November 2018, Johnson Outdoors Company, recent recipient of Fugawi (*), decided to stop its activities. After discontinuing the distribution of their PC navigation software in August 2017, to have … Continue reading
24 october 2018
Francis
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Reading : « Beaufort, Admiral Wind "by Raymond Reding
He long ago I had written a book review in this section. Lack of time, or lack of discovery ? I again found a real enthusiasm in literary reading this excellent book … Continue reading
7 November 2017
Francis
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Electronic charting players [Update-2]
In April 2010 I published a ticket to be the main actors of the electronic mapping. Passing time, to refresh this information, due to recent corporate moves. Some have disappeared, as Maptech, plus … Continue reading
17 th July 2017
Francis
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Digital charts : purchase or subscription [Update] ?
[Update December 3 March 2019]
With the multiple charts disappearances during the successive updates of iNavX, I received a number of requests for assistance in the recovery of the said charts.
Regardless of the fact that I am not the … Continue reading
16 May 2017
Francis
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Update iNavX 5.0.7 [Update-2]
[Update] As a result of the update 5.0.6 the charts were again no more reachable. This is not the first time. A release 5.0.7 delivered in the night of May 15 to 16 has solved the problem. But … Continue reading
12 May 2017
Francis
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Activate charts from Fugawi/Charts for GPSNavX/MacENC [Update]
[Update December 30 September 2018] Warning : MacENC the application is no longer supported by its developers. It no longer reads raster maps and Navionics charts are no longer available. Application abandoned to date.
To use the proposed maps … Continue reading
11 May 2017
Francis
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Waltz of the labels for Navionics in Fugawi
Since my recent article Severe price increases Navionics Fugawi the company has just announced a price correction downwards for Navionics files. In addition, the price of the annual purchase renewal, which was for three … Continue reading
22 rd 2017
Francis
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Severe Navionics pricing increase at Fugawi [Update]
[Updated] Obsolete article. See Waltz of the Navionics in Fugawi labels.
Bad news for iNavX users with iPad and iPhone, the price of Navionics charts on the Fugawi website has been recently revised upward, a strong … Continue reading