Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee this weekend (Feb 27 - Mar 2, 2025)

 Are you following the Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee? Gregory Dipalma is the current leader, with Will Davis Jr in the second place, followed by Brandon Palaniuk in third.  You can get the tournament coverage directly on the Bassmaster website. 

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.

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.

 

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

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

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.

• Relief Shading Europe

I've included a few screenshots below.

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.

• Florida Reef Maps

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.

• Youtube Tutorial on Relief Layer  in i-Boating