Squid Mobile vs Weather4D Routing & Navigation Usage & Stats

Squid Mobile is a free, powerful and yet the easiest and most comprehensive requester and viewer of Grib Files (weather files). Now available for a large audience of sailors. It doesn’t matter if you are an occasional cruiser or a keen racer, if you are an off-shore solo navigator or coastal dinghy sailor. Squid has all the forecasts data you need, selected for their best possible accuracy, covering any region, any playground around the globe. Squid Mobile App has been developed by GreatCircle. Chosen by the most demanding navigators since 2010, on board almost every sailing boat, while tempting and often succeeding, a world speed sailing record formalized by the WSSRC. In 2015 Squid was the exclusive supplier of weather data for the Volvo Ocean Race, the Official Partner providing weather data for 300 boats during the Rolex Fastnet Race, participated in the Transpac and Atlantic and North-East Passage records… and still delivered daily thousands passionate sailors with high resolution forecasts and observations. Main Features: Models: GFS, ECMWF, HiRLAM, AROME, ARPEGE, GEM, GCWF, NAM … Multi model viewer to compare and analyze con - divergences Routing and way-point editor with : bearing Compass, database of major cruising and racing boat polars, roadbook reporting, cloud routing and multiple road comparisons. Up to 10 days forecasts by steps of 1 or 3 hours Direct grib download or as mail attachment for easy sharing and opening in other applications Multi-model meteograms for easy comparisons (MSLP and wind in V1) Customized views by color gradients, isolines, barbs and arrows. Combining both CPU and graphical processor for smooth animations Compatible iOS9 Compatible with Iridium GO!® Available variables: - atmospheric Wind, 10m, 925 Hpa, and gusts MSLP Rainfall Cloud cover Cape Relative humidity Temperature - oceanic Currents, direction and force Sea state, swell, windwaves, height and direction Our in-app purchases include auto-renewable subscriptions, the extensive list and prices are visible in the app. You can purchase subscriptions for 1 week, 3 months or 1 year. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Auto-renewing subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase

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Weather4D Routing & Navigation

Weather4D Routing & Navigation integrates weather forecasting, routing calculations, navigation with digitized raster charts, instruments and data sharing to maximize your boating experience. Navigation See SOG, COG, VMC, HDG, TWS, AWS, ETAs, ETWs, AIS data and more in real time along with weather and routing information with a wifi connection to a transponder. Store your charts on your device for offshore/offline navigations. Set the screen to night mode after sunset to better see what’s happening outside during your watch. Set alarms to alert about excessive XTE, course deviations, surrounding boats, excessive wind speed and low depth. Take advantage of the iPad/iPhone built in compass, pressure and acceleration sensors. Connect bluetooth devices like wireless anemometers and wind vanes. Share AIS and boat sensors data like wind, current, pressure, air and sea temperature within the Weather4D users community. Activate Man Overboard safety feature to estimate drift and thus rescue location based on current and wind. Weather View combined weather data displayed in 3D HD layers animated automatically or manually by sliding a finger on the screen. Use GFS model to get started. In addition, over 35 weather and oceanographic models are available with a yearly subscription (in-app purchase). Create your own geographical zones, select the models you need and download only the characteristics that matter to you: data type, resolution, periodicity, file size, etc. GRIB files can be downloaded anywhere through a regular or satellite internet connection. Split the screen (iPad only) to combine and/or compare: navigation and weather, weather and waves or currents, two weather models… Routing Routing calculation optimizes for safety, comfort and performance when sailing, motoring, or mixing the two. Create a route and calculate its associated routings in function of departure dates/times, forecasts (weather, wave and current), minimum sailing speed, motoring speed, boat polar, maximum wind and minimum distance to the coast. Visualize sail configurations based on your routings and your own set of sails. Save waypoints, locations, simulate routes, combine them with GRIB forecast models. Restart a routing calculation at anytime from the actual boat position. Default Models and Charts ———————————— GFS global forecast model at 0.25 °, 0.5 °, 1 ° and 2 ° resolutions BING global chart OSM (Opens Street Map) global chart Optional Models (GRIBs) and Nautical Charts (additional fees apply) ——————————————————————————————- ECMWF IFS & AIFS NAM USA HRR CONUS GDPS ICON-EU Europe ICON D2 UKV ARPEGE Global, Europe AROME France, Antilles, Guyane, Polynésie, Calédonie, Indien AROME HD France Waves: GFS Wave MFWAM Global, Europe, France IFREMER Currents: Copernicus Global SMOC, IBI, NWS, Baltic, Med NCOM AMSEAS, USEAST, ALASKA, SOCAL, HAWAII HYCOM IFREMER MSC Saint Laurent Nautical Charts: GeoGarage is Weather4D supplier and offers by subscription access to more than 10,000 nautical charts derived from International Hydrographic Services. Pricing and chart selection is set per publisher. Updates are released regularly under chart publishers authority. Once the subscription is purchased, charts are instantly accessible within the application. Available publishers: NOAA RNCs (USA) CHS (Canada) WAVEYLINE (Bahamas) DHNV (Venezuela) DHN (Brazil) SHN (Argentina) LINZ (New Zealand) SHOM (France / DOM-TOM / Polynesia + international) UKHO (UK and dependencies + international) BSH (Germany) NLHO (Netherlands) VLAAMSE (Belgium) DGA (Denmark) NHS (Norway) ICG-HD (Iceland) NAVIMAP / IIM (Italy) ENC_ES (Spain) ENC_HR (Croatia) ENC_PL (Poland) ENC_PT (Portugal) ENC_AU (Australia) BLP (West Mexico) IMRAY (North Sea, English Channel, West Britain & Ireland, Atlantic France, Iberia & Atlantic Islands, Western Mediterranean, Central Mediterranean, East Mediterranean, Netherlands) GeoCuba (Cuba)