Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Hi-Res Relief Shading Scans.

 Our cartography team works behind the scenes to continuously update the quality of data that our charts show.  One of the latest enhancements from this endeavor is the improvement in the quality of relief shading scans.

In some cases, one can actually eyeball the wreck in the relief shading. I've included below a few screenshots from the latest version.










Friday, January 24, 2025

Underwater relief shading for Australian coast.

The update that was released last night included a large update for down under. The i-Boating application now includes detailed relief shading for Australian coast.  It's available immediately on all platforms including iOS, Android, Windows and MacOS.

I've included below a few screenshots from down under.









 

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Fishing Maps for UK, Ireland and Europe

 Do you know that i-Boating includes detailed fishing depth maps for Europe? We add new lakes and update existing ones on a daily basis. Let's us know if your fishing lake is missing and we will work on adding it.

We recently updated depth maps for the following.

  • Rutland Water
  • Grafham Water
  • Pitsford Reservoir
  • Hanningfield Reservoir
  • Lake Windermere
  • Bewl water

Thursday, July 11, 2024

ECMWF marine weather forecasts.

 i-Boating app now includes marine weather forecasts predicted by the ECMWF model.  ECMWF forecasts are available on all platforms where i-Boating is supported (iOS, Android, Windows & MacOS).

  • Wind Speed & Direction
  • Weave height and Direction
  • Pressure
  • Temperature


Thursday, May 23, 2024

Relief Shading - for European waters.

 As we continue to expand support for Relief Shading in the i-Boating app, we have added a first version that adds support for relief shaded underwater terrain for parts of Europe - including major inland lakes, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, England etc.

I've included a few screenshots below.





Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Florida Reef Maps

 Do you know that the  i-Boating app  includes detailed under water relief imagery for Florida reefs?

The Relief layer clearly shows the under water structure for the reef. Here is what it looks like.


Simply enable the relief layer in the i-Boating app.
Here is a youtube tutorial video we have created that shows how to enable relief layer in the i-Boating app.

Relief Shading on Windows and MacOS

 Do you know that i-Boating app is natively supported on both Windows and MacOS devices? This includes all advanced layers and features like Relief Shading.


Here is how to turn on the Relief Shading layer in the Windows and MacOS app.


  • Tap more button and select Settings
  • Check the box that says "Relief Shading"
  • Tap Save

I've included before and after screenshots indicating where the controls are and how it looks.