Monday, January 18th, 2010
Bluemapia sponsors People’s Boat
We are now a new happy sponsor of People's Boat, the new Alex Alley's boat to participate to the next Ocean Global Race. The cost to run the campaign is high and Alex needs more sponsors. Entry level to buy a pixel ...
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
New widget to embed nearby places by bluemapia in your website/blog
Dear bloggers, website developers, friends, if you were wondering how to include bluemapia places in your website, here is the answer. We have developed a new widget that for a given latitude/longitude will return the nearest places found in the bluemapia database. ...
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
We are ready to hear from you!
In the first year at Bluemapia we've observed our community's growing interest. Many of you just registered while others actively contributed with the creation of content for the simple reason that it is useful to other sailors. What a satisfaction, ...
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Windfinder weather forecast for your favourite marina now available on Bluemapia
After Bluemapia Mobile, wind and weather forecasts are now additionally available on the Bluemapia web site and iPhone application. Jonas Kaufmann at Windfinder has developed another of his fantastic widgets and thanks to their new forecast capabilities, we are now able ...
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Bluemapia for iPhone now on the AppStore
We have finally released it. Bluemapia for iPhone is now available on the AppStore! With Bluemapia for iPhone boaters can now use their GPS enabled iPhone to send pictures and location information straight from the cockpit of ...
Posted in Mobile, bluemapia, technology
Saturday, June 6th, 2009
A new Bluemapia Mobile version is now available
Download Bluemapia Mobile 0.9.6 Beta 2 (June 2009) Dear friends, We are very pleased to announce our latest and improved version of Bluemapia Mobile. What’s new on Bluemapia Mobile? After extensive planning and development, a list of new features have just ...
Posted in Mobile, bluemapia, technology
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Getting your voyage online, Blogs & Bluemapia buttons
Everyone has a blog these days... The word is nearly as ubiquitous as 'port side tack', with cruising sailors often using them to keep their friends and family updated from abroad, as well as displaying their positions and disseminating useful ...
Posted in bluemapia, technology
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
New Features for 2009
Happy New Year! While you've been eating and enjoying the festivities, Bluemapia has been hard at work! Today a new set of features have been released to site-wide to make things easier and more fun to use: Prettier Pictures When clicking on ...
Posted in bluemapia, features, getsatisfaction, technology
Friday, December 26th, 2008
Internet access while cruising
The web has become so ubiquitous to daily life, that once you're out on an extended cruise, you suddenly notice how dependent you've become on it. Waking up every day and nonchalantly checking the weather can turn into a nightmare ...
Posted in Sailing, bluemapia, technology
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Bluemapia for your Charter Business
We've been contacting sailing charter companies recently, to show how Bluemapia.com might be useful for their business. We've included that contact here on the blog, for any other interested companies or individuals: As an organisation which provides products & services to ...