Mapping the World

Mapping the World

by Paola Bertelli - ph. coutesy of C-Map

Increasingly mobile and user friendly, as C-MAP renews its navigation app while awaiting the launch of the brand’s new cartographic format

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he app market shows no sign of slowing down, and for

nate finding. Marine weather forecasting has also been upgraded to

many brands – including yacht builders - it’s a source of

two or five days, displaying meteorological conditions and thousands

some very attractive opportunities. Mobile device users are

of POIs (Points of Interest) provided for the user through a collabora-

also a target for C-MAP, which is revamping and renaming

tion with the Navily social media cruising guide.

its cartographic “Boating App”, which aims to provide an increasingly

“The app is an intuitive, mobile method for sea voyagers to access C-

comprehensive and exciting navigation experience. It is now availa-

MAP’s sector-leading cartographic offer”, says Massimiliano Cecchini,

ble in six languages (English, German, Italian, French, Spanish and

executive vice-president of C-MAP. “By providing the right informa-

Norwegian), and as well as the upgrades offered by high-res mapping,

tion before, during and after sailing we enables users to be confident

there are also new instruments for distance measurement and coordi-

in their decisions and enjoy a stress-free nautical experience, wherever

Opposite, Massimiliano Cecchini, executive vice-president of C-MAP. Since 1985 C-Map has become one of the most important digital marine cartography brands. The most recent version of its C-MAP MAX N+ charts is the result of a series of upgrades and updates with even more detailed port maps

they’re headed”. But something even more important for the C-MAP

initiative launched at the beginning of the year and enthusiastically

brand is set to launch next year. “We’re updating our mapping”, Mas-

supported by Navico Group CEO Knut Frostad.

similiano Cecchini continues. “It will also be used within the app, and

Founded in 1985, C-MAP has played a crucial role in the history of

lies at the heart of the app itself”. We see this new type of mapping

digital nautical mapping, a story made up of brilliant ideas and in-

as the format of the future”. As well as featuring more attractive and

novations. In 1986 the company introduced the OEM (Original Em-

clearer graphics it will also be entirely streamable – delivered via the

bedded Manufacture) service and began to develop mapping and

web, in other words – and this will give users the same graphic format

the third party instrumentation needed to make use of it. In 1993

on the various touch points of plotter, mobile, tablet and computer. “It

it introduced the CM 93 commercial format, with the NT format

will initially be released on the app and will arrive on the market in the

arriving in 1995, C-MAP MAX in 2000 and four years later 4D, the

first half of 2021. One of the benefits of being 100 per cent streamable

three-dimensional cartography still used on Furuno and Raymarine

is that we’ll be able roll out updates in real time, or at least with very

devices. In 2018 it became part of the Navico Group, the marine

little delay. You’ll be constantly up to date when sailing”.

electronics giant and parent company of the Lowrance, Simrad

These important steps are part of the C-MAP brand enhancement

Yachting, B&G and C-MAP brands.

www.c-map.com

App Boating enables users to sail using high-res charts. It is available in six languages and covers thousands of points of interest like ports, shops and beaches. Can be accessed via mobile phone, tablet and laptop

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