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May 28, 2025

Safe Navigation: The Balance Between Technology and Skill

In the past, route planning was inevitably a manual process involving paper charts, subject to errors caused by using charts of different scales and updates that were not always timely. Today, digital tools offer ever-increasing precision, speed, and flexibility. Vector electronic cartography does n…

Fishing

January 20, 2022

Let’s talk about Sustainable Fishing

The relationship between Humans and the Sea has changed! We want to make our small contribution to empower our audience, made up of sailors and fisher…

Fishing

November 20, 2021

KAYAK FISHING: What is it, a bit of history, Italian movement

Can you imagine for a moment to be away from the crowds, noise and stress of everyday life, sitting on a kayak in the complete silence of a dawn, abov…

Did You Know?

November 20, 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…

Sailing and Boating

October 20, 2021

Kids on board: What to do on the boat?

How do you eat and sleep when on a boat? Following the needs of your body and not those dictated by the social clock, has enormous benefits. On board …

Did You Know?

October 20, 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 …

Sailing and Boating

September 20, 2021

Kids on board yes or no?

Books have been written, debates on forums and social networks, we have decided to dedicate an article to “the little ones” and summarize some tips ba…

Did You Know?

September 20, 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…

Did You Know?

August 27, 2021

Timing Bridges in Route Explorer

You’re finally in warm, sunny Florida after braving the shallows of Lockwoods Folly, Mud River, and other hazards. Now it’s time to relax, you think. …

Did You Know?

May 28, 2021

Live Sharing

Live Sharing is the brand new functionality that allows every user to share Boat and Navigation info with the entire Aqua Map Community. Enabling this…

Did You Know?

April 22, 2021

Mile Marker

In the last few years, at Aqua Map, we have added various layers of information to the "basic" official marine cartography: Tides & Currents, Satellit…

Sailing and Boating

March 24, 2021

Adventures of Oloh: Safety First

We love boating and feel so fortunate to enjoy life on the water the way we do. We’ve been at it for a while now but will never profess to knowing eve…

Did You Know?

March 24, 2021

Route editor

“Has anyone successfully split a route?” It is very common trying to reuse an existing route to create a new itinerary, but you need tools like split,…