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Are you following Major League Fishing Events this week?

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 Are you following the major league fishing events this week (Feb 20 - Feb 27, 2022)? The following events are on: 1. Toro Stage Two at Lake Fork, TX 2. Toyota Series at Lake Guntersville 3. Abu Garcia College Fishing Open at Lake Chickamauga The following are scheduled for this weekend: Phoenix Bass Fishing League at Lake Lanier, Santee Cooper, Pickwick Lake and Lake Ouachita You can find all these lakes with Hi-Def contours in i-Boating. I've included below a screenshot for Lake Fork Contour Map with Fish Attractors marked.

Europe Inland Lakes ENC Charts.

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 Do you know that we have been steadily adding ENC charts for EU inland lakes? Here is the latest update Lake Zurich ENC Chart . The update includes HD bathymetry for Lake Zurich, aids to navigation, obstructions, recommended tracks and other marine chart layers (marinas, boat ramps etc.). Please let us know if your lake is not covered by i-Boating and our cartography team will work on adding it.

Offline UK Tides & Currents (Tidal Streams) now available.

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 We are pleased to announce that the latest version of i-Boating now supports tide and currents for waters covering the coast of UK & Ireland. Around 2.5K new tide and current stations were added in this release.  Once the tide and current database is downloaded, all predictions and graphs can be generated by the application even when there is no internet connectivity. The tidal diamond layer can be enabled on the application using the steps below: Tap more/menu button on map screen Select Enable Tide & Currents Offline tide and streams for UK is available on all devices - iOS, Android, Windows & MacOS. I've included a screenshot from my device with the feature in action.

i-Boating magnetic bearing support.

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 The latest version of i-Boating now supports magnetic bearing.  Its available on all platforms (including iOS, Android, Windows and MacOS). Once enabled under settings, distance bearing tool shows magnetic bearing by default. All route legs show magnetic bearing to next way point. Auto Follow shows current magnetic heading on bottom left corner of screen. Here is how to enable it. Tap more/menu button (upper right android) and select Settings Check the switch that says "Show  Magnetic   Bearing " Tap Save Distance  bearing  tool would now show  magnetic   bearing . I've included a screenshot of this in action.

Temporal wind prediction overlays

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 The latest version of i-Boating for Android and iOS includes support for temporal wind prediction overlays. Wind speed and true direction forecast for 3 days at 3 hour intervals. Use the play back bar on top to play/pause the wind animation or go to a specific time. Select a specific time for wind prediction from a list Tap anywhere on the map to view exact wind prediction speed and direction Use barb notation to estimate wind speed at a point.

Lake Muskoka , Rousseau & Joseph ENC chart

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 The i-Boating lake depth maps now includes ENC charts covering lake Muskoka, Lake Rousseau and Lake Joseph. The update is available on all platforms (iOS, Android, Windows and MacOS). The latest update includes HD bathymetry, navigation buoys, hazards , recommended tracks and other ENC layers. Lake Muskoka ENC Chart I've included few screenshots below:

Lake Simcoe ENC chart

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The i-Boating marine navigation and lake depth maps app now includes detailed vector / ENC (Electronic navigation chart) for Lake Simcoe. The update includes new detailed HD bathymetry for lake Simcoe, all navigation buoys, hazards, recommended tracks , marinas, boat ramps and other ENC layers. The update is available on all platforms (iOS, Android, Windows and MacOS) and also on our website viewer.  I've also included a few screenshot of the chart from latest update. Lake Simcoe ENC Chart