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    • GuileG
      Guile @marekd | Premium
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      @marekd Thanks for the up grade and the great new tool.If possible, could we have a nautical mile option for the boating ?

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      • mhaberlerM
        mhaberler | Premium
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        some drumbeating: https://blog.mah.priv.at/index.php/2019/08/14/custom-cross-sections-with-windy/

        great job, folks!

        Michael

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          davebergie | Premium
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          Excellent. Incredibly useful.

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          • jmh2002J
            jmh2002 Moderator Mariners - Seafarers Sailor @mhaberler
            last edited by

            @mhaberler said in Windy launches Route Planner:

            some drumbeating: https://blog.mah.priv.at/index.php/2019/08/14/custom-cross-sections-with-windy/

            great job, folks!

            It's always nice to see demonstrations of the various different practical uses of Windy, so THANKS! :)

            WINDY is everywhere :)

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            • ?
              A Former User
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              Looks good. Hard to understand at first.

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              • ?
                A Former User
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                The new Distance planning tool appears to be only in Kilometers (?) Any boat or air journey need to be measured in Nautical Miles.
                Two years ago I used the Windy distance tools to weather-route a friends yacht from Vancouver to UK via Panama. And all distances were then given as nM. Why the change?
                I note that wind speeds are still given as Knots .-
                Wikipidea =
                A nautical mile is a unit of measurement used in both air and marine navigation,[2] and for the definition of territorial waters.[3] Historically, it was defined as one minute (1/60 of a degree) of latitude along any line of longitude. Today the international nautical mile is defined as exactly 1852 metres. This converts to about 1.15 imperial/US miles. The derived unit of speed is the knot, one nautical mile per hour.

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                • idefix37I
                  idefix37 Sailor Moderator @A Former User
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                  @mark137

                  See above this post from @Gkikas-LGPZ

                  https://community.windy.com/topic/9013/windy-launches-route-planner/52

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                  • ?
                    A Former User
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                    Great Thanks. I thought it a bit strange.

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                      kstoehr24 @marekd | Premium
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                      @marekd One idea for future development: I am using your tool to plan sailing trips. It would be superior, if I could add properties of the current boat (speed in relation to wind angle and wind speed). So the tool could calculate, how fast the boat will be on every point of the journey and at what time wayponínts wíll be reached. :-) If that is working me as the Skipper (or the tool?) could check, what probably the fastest (ore most secure?) route will be ...
                      Thank you so far for that great development!

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                      • idefix37I
                        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @kstoehr24
                        last edited by idefix37

                        @kstoehr24
                        So what you want is a Routing App, like SailGrib or Squid Mobile apps or similar (they are several).
                        https://www.sailgrib.com/
                        https://www.squid-sailing.com/en/
                        One of the problem is that Windy would have to include polar plot or polar speed diagram for many models of sailing boats, racing and pleasure boats, including for your boat otherwise you would be very disappointed.
                        This needs a large library to update regularly.

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                        • tocaseabraT
                          tocaseabra | Premium
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                          Distance mesurements is only in meters/km. We, who navigate need distance measurement in nm (nautical miles), as before.
                          Thanks

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                          • idefix37I
                            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @tocaseabra
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                            @tocaseabra
                            See this post from @Gkikas-LGPZ
                            https://community.windy.com/topic/9013/windy-launches-route-planner/52

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                            • Arg0nautaA
                              Arg0nauta @marekd | Premium
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                              @marekd WONDERFUL! And very convenient when planning a flight - thanks! :-)

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                              • marekdM
                                marekd Administrator
                                last edited by

                                @stitch You are right, freezing altitude is wrong. Thank you for your repeated reportings. New fixed version will be available soon.

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                                • GGDmackG
                                  GGDmack
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                                  I love this new feature.

                                  Is it possible that we could get a circle radius measurement tool too?

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                                    Mesaimeer
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                                    The Route Planner should have the capability to have speeds inserted for various legs/courses. This should inturn show the movement of the Ship/Boat over the legs with the forecast patterns.

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                                      stitch Meteorologist @marekd | Premium
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                                      @marekd

                                      Is it possible at your end (coding wise) to add the height of the terrain to the fcst freezing height which should then give the true freezing height abv sea level?

                                      Thx

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                                      • marekdM
                                        marekd Administrator @stitch
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                                        @stitch Sure, there is a picture from my local development IFR branch :-)

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                                        • Gkikas LGPZG
                                          Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist @marekd
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                                          @marekd
                                          For Freezing Altitude, please consider ...
                                          https://community.windy.com/topic/7633/please-add-freezing-level-in-elevation-above-sea-level/2
                                          and
                                          https://community.windy.com/topic/3643/clouds-bases/10

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                                            contessa32
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                                            You could consider the possibility of uploading the polars of a boat so to perform weather routing. To include thresholds on wave height, minimum wind speed for motoring, maximum wind and gust speed and the possibility of evaluating several departure times would be also desirable. Congratulations for the great job done until now.

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