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Navigation, Innovation, and Life on the Water

April 4, 2023

Do we still need plotters?

Boaters have relied on chart plotters as their primary navigation tool for years. But with the rise of mobile apps like Aqua Map, many wonder if it's time to make the switch. The use of mobile device apps in marine navigation has become a popular alt…

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April 22, 2021

Mile Marker

In the last few years, at Aqua Map, we have added various layers of information to the "basic" official marine cartography: Tides & Currents, Satellit…

Sailing and Boating

March 24, 2021

Adventures of Oloh: Safety First

We love boating and feel so fortunate to enjoy life on the water the way we do. We’ve been at it for a while now but will never profess to knowing eve…

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March 24, 2021

Route editor

“Has anyone successfully split a route?” It is very common trying to reuse an existing route to create a new itinerary, but you need tools like split,…

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February 19, 2021

Connect boat’s instruments to your mobile App

Aqua Map app, just like other apps on the boating market, is capable to connect to boat instrumentation and display the received information. It is p…

Sailing and Boating

January 19, 2021

Live aboard recap after one month

Find time to write when you live (five people including 3 children) 24 hours a day in a boat is a bit complicated. I usually write at night when peace…

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January 19, 2021

The Anchoring Process Before Setting the Anchor Alarm

The Anchor Alarm in Aqua Map is easily the best one available. A couple of new additions provide some tools to assist you with anchoring BEFORE the an…

General

December 7, 2020

What does GPS mean?

I think GPS is one of the most important 20th century innovation; the idea to be able to instantly know your perfect location on the earth (in terms o…

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December 7, 2020

Aqua Map Lakes

Since the first version of the Aqua Map products, we always thought the inland waters had a very important position within our market: especially in t…

General

November 16, 2020

From Paper to Electronic Charts

I am sure there are dozens of articles like this talking about the same subject, but I decided to give my contribution in light of the experience I ha…

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November 16, 2020

Highlighting Objects With Route Explorer

Before entering into the detail of highlighted objects it is necessary a brief introduction to the Aqua Map's Route Explorer functionality. As an Aqua…

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April 15, 2019

GPS to Wifi iPad for Aqua Map – Under $10

If you have a wifi-only iPad, you’ve probably discovered that it does not have GPS (cellular iPads do). That makes it a bit of a problem for using any…