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WeatherRouting background

The ideas, data and methods behind the app — for sailors who want to know why a route comes out the way it does.

Charts and zones

OpenStreetMap and OpenSeaMap: where the traffic schemes and wind farms come from, and how reliable they are. Read about charts and zones.

Tides

TICON-4, LAT and HAT, and how hydrographic offices build chart datum. Read about tides.

Weather routing

The three main routing methods, the one WeatherRouting uses, and how to help it in narrow waters. Read about weather routing.

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Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information; https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00054