Big thanks for your feedback

In the wake of the the iOS 13 release, thousand of apps broke one way or another and Weather4D was no exception.  Innovation sometimes comes with a bit of pain but 2020 starts with a release containing new fixes.  We’d like first and foremost to thank our users community.  Your proactivity in letting us know about the issues either through the support channel or via the Facebook Weather4D Users group really helps.

Check the App Store — All Weather4D Apps have updates

Bug fixes

File imports such as grib files import and polars (csv files) import are now fixed.

World Magnetic Model (WMM 2020) update

The northen magnetic pole is a moving point and we reflect these varitations in Weather4D each time the NCEI and the British Geological Survey publish an update.

“Since Earth’s magnetic field is created by its moving, molten iron core, its poles aren’t stationary and they wander independently of each other. Since its first formal discovery in 1831, the north magnetic pole has traveled around 1,400 miles (2,250 km). This wandering has been generally quite slow, allowing scientists to keep track of its position fairly easily. Since the turn of the century, this speed has increased. 

The WMM2020 forecasts that the northern magnetic pole will continue drifting toward Russia, although at a slowly decreasing speed—down to about 40 km per year compared to the average speed of 55 km over the past twenty years.”

Source: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/world-magnetic-model-2020-released  

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Re-center button

This simple button will be handy especially when you explore a chart. For instance when figuring out how to enter a harbor while you’re still at large.  The boat is eventually off-screen and you wish to quickly re-center it within the screen.

West Mexico BLP charts now available through GeoGarage

This applies to Weather4D Routing & Navigation.  For those who navigate in West Mexico, it is now possible to access the West Mexico BLP charts.

West Mexico BLP

To subscribe to the West Mexico BLP charts please visit https://weather4d.geogarage.com

Are you a Weather4D Lite or Weather4D Routing user interested in charts? Upgrade and save!

Check the FAQ page for more information about upgrades to Weather4D Routing & Navigation with bundles and pay only the difference between the price paid for your current app and Weather4D Routing & Navigation price.

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NOAA

1024 NOAA raster charts (2147 including sub-charts) are included in the GeoGarage platform.

• 11389 ed36 80000 St Joseph and St Andrew Bays
• 11416 ed14 80000 Tampa Bay;Safety Harbor;St. Petersburg;Tampa
• 12221 ed84 80000 Chesapeake Bay Entrance
• 12222 ed56 40000 Chesapeake Bay Cape Charles to Norfolk Harbor
• 12372 ed38 40000 FOLIO SMALL-CRAFT CHART Long Island Sound-Watch Hill to New Haven Harbor
• 14904 ed28 120000 Port Washington to Waukegan;Kenosha;North Point Marina;Port Washington;Waukegan
• 11326 ed41 80000 FOLIO SMALL-CRAFT CHART Galveston Bay
• 11490 ed22 40000 Approaches to St. Johns River;St. Johns River Entrance

 

In the application, if these charts have been downloaded for offline usage, tap the blue [Update] button displayed in front of each update to download the updated charts.

 

Additional information on https://geogarage.com/blog/news-1/post/us-noaa-update-273

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72 nautical charts have been updated and one new chart added on November 7th, 2018.

Altogether, 819 charts (1735 including sub-charts) are available in the Canada CHS layer. See details on GeoGarage website.

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1008 charts (1871 including insets) are available in the ‘British Isles & misc.’ chart layer

• 23 charts have been added
• 3 charts have been withdrawn
• 63 charts have been updated

Please visit the GeoGarage blog for more information. Don’t forget to visit the UKHO Notices to Mariners : NTM for 2018

UKHO chart catalogue availability

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• NMEA Drift sensor (Leeway)
• NMEA Air Temperature sensor
• NMEA Water Temperature Sensor
• Calculation of the current (speed and direction)

Leeway is a function available from certain high-frequency electromagnetic speed sensors capable of providing the drift angle between the STW course and the HDG heading of the boat. The generated NMEA 0183 data is LWY (Nautical Leeway Angle) or its PGN equivalent (NMEA 2000). If this data is received, Weather4D calculates the instantaneous current by combining LWY angle and speed with course over ground COG/SOG.

• Sharing AIS data
• AIS Weather & Hydro Data Support
• Sharing by the AIS Internet of the Weather & Hydro data of the boat

The received AIS data and the boat’s own data can be shared in real time over an internet connection. Weather4D has implemented a dedicated server integrated within the AISHub network to share the positions and data received from all users of the application who want it. This concerns not only the AIS, position and route data, but also the weather data (wind, air temperature) and hydrographic data (current, water temperature) encountered by the vessel. Sharing is done when an internet connection is established (cellular) at the same time as the Wi-Fi connection to the NMEA gateway, or when downloading a weather forecast GRIB file via satellite with an Iridium GO!™.

This function, still experimental, aims in the near future to allow the community of users to share weather and hydro real data wherever they navigate, whose accuracy increases with the oncoming of more and more sophisticated sensors (ultrasonic, electromagnetic, multidata, etc)

• New function to disable internet access for displaying charts.

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The good news is that bundles solve the lack of upgrade mechanism.  Below are explained the 4 possible ways to upgrade to Weather4D Routing & Navigation using bundles.

Upgrade from Weather4D

Step 1: Update to Weather4D Lite

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather4d-lite/id418723845

Step 2: Upgrade to Weather4D Routing & Navigation

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app-bundle/weather4d-lite-upgrade-to-weather4d-routing-navigation/id1352282857

Note: Upgrade happens by purchasing a bundle containing Weather4D Lite and Weather4D Routing & Navigation.  As Weather4D was purchased before, the App Store will charge only the difference between the bundle price and the price paid for Weather4D.

Upgrade from Weather4D Lite

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app-bundle/weather4d-lite-upgrade-to-weather4d-routing-navigation/id1352282857

Note: Upgrade happens by purchasing a bundle containing Weather4D Lite and Weather4D Routing & Navigation.  As Weather4D Lite was purchased before, the App Store will charge only the difference between the bundle price and the price paid for Weather4D Lite.

Upgrade from Weather4D Pro

Step 1: Update to Weather4D Routing

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather4d-routing/id480096611

Step 2: Upgrade to Weather4D Routing & Navigation

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app-bundle/weather4d-routing-upgrade-to-weather-4d-routing-navigation/id1352284646

Note: Upgrade happens by purchasing a bundle containing Weather4D Routing and Weather4D Routing & Navigation.  As Weather4D Pro was purchased before, the App Store will charge only the difference between the bundle price and the price paid for Weather4D Pro.

Upgrade from Weather4D Routing

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app-bundle/weather4d-routing-upgrade-to-weather-4d-routing-navigation/id1352284646

Note: Upgrade happens by purchasing a bundle containing Weather4D Routing and Weather4D Routing & Navigation.  As Weather4D Routing was purchased before, the App Store will charge only the difference between the bundle price and the price paid for Weather4D Routing.

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