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- Roschana - February 29, 2012
Hello, I am in need of a link / explanation to get text weather forecasts by email to my iridium telephone. Can anyone point me in the correct direction.
I am using a MacBook Air with PolarView / PolarCom / UUplus. I have that all working very well. I am able to download GRIBs fine. Now looking for text weather data.
Thank you in advance.
Mark.
- bobetter - February 29, 2012
Go here for info regarding making your Iridium use efficient:
http://www.globalmarinenet.com/xgate.php
Go here for weather solutions from the same outfit:
http://www.globalmarinenet.com/wxpkg.php
Go here for info regarding Saildocs, a free sailor oriented WX service:
http://www.saildocs.com/
Exciting things are happening right now with new gear that can put your Iridium connection on a local WiFi network and use iOS devices to connect to/thru the sat.
Iridium is offering their AxcessPoint device:
http://www.iridium.com/products/Iridium-AxcessPoint.aspx
Global Marine Networks will soon be offering their own version that will work with most current (and a few legacy devices) sat phones.
A good place to start for current Sat phone info:
http://web.globalmarinenet.com/blog