Garmin® announces new inland waterway coverage for Germany, France and the Netherlands
Garmin, the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced the availability of new marine cartography coverage for Germany France and the Netherlands. The cards include detailed mapping of inland waterways for regions EU060R – Germany Inland Waters, EU061R – France Inland Waters and EU018R – the existing Netherlands region now extended to cover also the inland waters.
The new maps cover all major rivers, channels, canals and lakes and will be available in both g2 and g2 Vision format. Also available will be a number of extended nautical chart content of LARGE and X Large coverage cards for numerous European regions. The new inland waterways content has been added as
a result of a data collaboration with C-MAP
by Jeppesen, in
continuation of the lately announced agreement and will be available from
February 2013 on.
“As the global leader in satellite navigation we are committed to continuously increase the regional coverage of our cartography for our marine navigation customers”, says Laura Tomei, EMEA Product Manager for Cartography and Content at Garmin Europe. “The new inland waterways represent the next step within our partnership with C-MAP by Jeppesen, a worldwide leader in navigation solutions and marine charts, which enables us to provide extended chart content within our Blue Chart products.”
EU060R – Germany Inland Waterways: Includes detailed coverage of the German North Sea and Baltic coasts and the German inland waterway system including the entirety of the Rhine, the Main River to Bamberg, the Danube River from Kelheim to Passau, the Saar River, the Moselle River to Metz, FR; the Ems River to Papenburg, the Weser River to Minden, the Elbe River to Dresden, the Havel River to Oranienburg, the entirety of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, the Oder-Havel Canal, the Elbe-Havel Canal, the Elbe-Seiten Canal, the Kiel Canal, the Mittelland Canal and Lake Constance.
EU061R – France Inland Waterways: Detailed coverage of coastal and interior France including the coast from Marseille to St. Cyprien, Bayonne to St-Nazaire and La Havre to Dunkirk. Covers interior waterways including the Adour, Garonne, Charente, Loire, Seine and Rhone River systems. The Sevre-Nantaise, Somme, Meuse, Moselle, and Saone Rivers, the Rhine from Basle, CH to Karlsruhe, DE; Lake Leman (Geneva), the Canal du Midi, the Canal du Centre and the Rhine-Rhone Canal are also covered.
EU018R – The Netherlands (now including Inland Waterways): The detailed map of the Dutch inland waters is including all major rivers and lakes in the Biesbosch, De Kaag and Friesland regions.
Continental coverage: from Spiekeroog, Germany to Calais, France, including The Netherlands and Belgium coast entirely. Great Britain coverage: from Whitstable to Folkestone.
Modified LARGE and X-Large cards for numerous regions: From February 2013 on Garmin will provide even more extended nautical chart content in the same detail for LARGE cards including numerous European regions like UK-Ireland-The Netherlands (EU706L), Skagerrak-Denmark-Germany (EU710L) and X-LARGE cards for The Nordics (EU800X) and Europe, NW Atlantic & Iberian Peninsula (EU801X).
The new inland waterway cards for Germany and France and the modified the Netherlands, Large and X-Large cards for numerous European regions are scheduled to be available from February 2013, prices start from £165.99. All cards will also be available for download. For additional information visit www.garmin.com/marine
About Garmin Ltd.
The global leader in satellite navigation, Garmin Ltd. and its subsidiaries have designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation, communication and information devices and applications since 1989 – most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin’s products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200.
About Jeppesen
Jeppesen is a market-leading provider of vessel operations services and digital navigation solutions, based on worldwide vector chart data type approved to ISO19879, meteorological information and transmission technologies. Jeppesen offers a wide range of navigation and operations products and services to both recreational and commercial marine markets. Safety-conscious boaters and operators of vessels ranging from coastal to SOLAS class, rely on Jeppesen for innovative navigation solutions that improve safety and efficiency. Jeppesen is a subsidiary of The Boeing Company. Jeppesen corporate information is available online at jeppesen.com.
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