Relief Shading, like Google street view but for under water terrain is now available in the i-Boating app.

 i-Boating relief shading is like Google Street View, but for underwater terrain (Sea View). It's a visual representation of what the underwater terrain looks like. If you were to drain the oceans/lakes of all the water, that is the kind of view relief shading attempts to show.

Here is what the terrain looks like off the coast of Marblehead, MA.

This is what the bottom of Lake Powell looks like.

This is what the bottom of Lake Tahoe looks like.

This is what the bottom of Smith Mountain Lake looks like.

Lake Temperature maps - Florida lakes warming up.

 The i-Boating app includes detailed lake temperature maps, accurate to 1 degree Fahrenheit( 0.5 degree celsius approx). Using it you can identify where all the warm zones are, where the temperatures are changing. More importantly you can cross reference this information with structure data to narrow  down the most productive areas.

Here you can clearly see that Florida lakes are warming up.

• Lake Temperature Maps

Marine weather forecasts & Lake Temperatures- now completely free !!!

 We are pleased to announce that marine weather forecasts and lake temperature maps in the i-Boating app are now completely free. This includes the following layers:

• Wind
• Waves
• Precipitation
• Pressure
• Temperature
• Gust
• Lake Temperatures

To access these, simply tap on the weather icon in the action bar.

Here is a youtube tutorial video on marine weather forecasts in the app. 

Fishing AI - Fish Smarter not Harder !!

 i-Boating app continues to improve Fishing AI - taking in as many signals as possible to figure out where to find fish.

With Fishing AI enabled, the app shows your fishing break lines and fishing hot spots on the lake. The Fishing AI algorithm and predictions are continually updated as we get more data about the lake, catches on the lake, new structure information.

Its available on all platforms - iOS, Android, Windows and MacOS. 

Fishing AI improvements - find fishing hot spots

 As our lake and catches data continues to improve, our  Fishing AI keeps better and accurate in identifying fishing hot spots. 

Fishing AI uses lake bottom topography, sonar imagery and several other signals to identify fishing spots. Here is a short youtube video describing how it works.  

• Fishing AI HotSpots tutorial 

Lake Temperature (Thermocline) Maps

 We are pleased to announce that the latest release of the i-Boating application includes support for lake temperature (Thermocline) maps for inland lakes in US & Canada. The maps show variation in temperature accurate to 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.5 degree celsius).

With the layer on, its easy to eyeball warm zones in a lake and temperature breaklines  that tend to be very productive for fishing. It is available on all platforms (iOS, Android, Windows & MacOS).

You can also view lake temperature maps online.

• Lake Temperature Maps (Online viewer)

Marine weather forecasts - custom shading - major update

 We are pleased to announce a major update to our marine weather forecast visualization in the i-Boating app. The latest version support color shading marine weather forecasts into multiple zones based on safe /comfortable values customizable under settings.

For e.g. based on comfortable wave height setting, the map is color coded into multiple zones:

• Safe zone: Transparent -> Green
• Caution zone: Yellow
• Danger Zone: Red

I have included below a screenshot where safe wave height is set to 3ft. Note how the red zone is much bigger. When I change it to 4.5 ft, the red zone shrinks.

As always the update is immediately available on Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android and Linux/Raspberry Pi (selective partners).