Waterway Picture

Welcome

Water Explorer is a web application designed to assist boaters navigating the UK's inland waterways. It helps in three key areas: navigation, keeping a diary/blog of your journey and points of interest finder.

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This web site helps you plan a journey around the UK inland waterways, keeping a diary as you go. It's designed to be used whilst on your boat, through mobile Internet access and/or mobile phones.



Your privacy is always protected, only journeys and your location will be disclosed to people you want to share the information with.

Navvygator - coming soon

Navvygator is a standalone application designed to be run from a laptop whilst your cruising. It uses the detailed maps contained within Water Explorer to provide a realtime, fully automatic mapping and journey recording system.

It has been in use for several months by experienced boaters who have tested the software in real world situations, their feedback has enabled the software to fit the needs of leisure boats and continuous cruisers alike.

The software will be launched to the public soon, keep checking back to this site for download and usage instructions - best of all its free!

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Recent Changes To The Web Site

05 Sep 2008: New add POI feature in the interactive map so you can add in your favourite pubs!

19 Aug 2008: Preperations for Navvygator - canal based sat nav public release soon

18 Aug 2008: Major change to recorded journey maps - now show maps from OpenStreetMap for better quality and detail