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Welcome to our Blog dedicated to the marine world!

30 aprile 2025

Time, Stars, and the Human Search for Longitude

Long before satellites crisscrossed the skies and digital marine navigation apps guided us turn by turn, humans looked up. The stars, sun, and sea wer…

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25 agosto 2024

Guide to passage planning: here’s how to plan a cruise efficiently and safely

Preparing for a cruise in a new area can be a challenging activity: here’s a guide with some tips, suggestions and useful tools to plan a safe passage…

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12 settembre 2023

Hidden Feature Focus: USCG LNMs

Have you ever travelled the ICW and wondered, “What’s the name of that Dredge, and how do I contact them to find the best way to safely transit the ar…

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22 giugno 2023

A great boating experience

Located between Lake Huron and the Ontario mainland, Georgian Bay offers a remote and peaceful environment, making it a popular destination for boat o…

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10 marzo 2023

Great news for those who enjoy cruising in the Bahamas.

The Nautical Chart “Raster vs Vector” saga started almost 40 years ago. The raster image looks the same as the paper chart we were habit to, it shows …

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27 febbraio 2023

How Crowdsourcing can change the game

The Aqua Map team is excited to announce a new partnership with NOAA for the Crowdsourced Bathymetry project, promoted by the International Hydrograph…

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9 dicembre 2022

Waterway Guide Media and Aqua Map: Perfect Cockpit Companions

When software engineers, cartographers, publishers and boaters get in a room together all sort of ideas begin percolating. That’s what Waterway Guide …

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17 novembre 2022

Marine Forecasts

Aqua Map now includes Marine Forecasts in their app. There are three legs to the weather offering: Wind, Waves, and Currents. So how will Aqua Map dif…

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29 luglio 2022

ActiveCaptain community support

Aqua Map strongly believe in the support of boaters and sailors communities and we started introducing the support to ActiveCaptain community on Augus…

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20 novembre 2021

USACE Surveys Integration

Aqua Map cartographic database is built on two main key activities: research and integration. We search the best data available from different sources…

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20 ottobre 2021

Satellite and Land data

I remember the first time, more than 20 years ago, I saw the Satellite images overlaid on a map…that’s like switching on the sun in the night. During …

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20 settembre 2021

Live Sharing 2.0 – The more connected you are, the safer you are!

We (at Aqua Map) strongly believe in the community creation project because we want our users to be part of our growth. We also think that a community…