DONIA: Navigate, Anchor and Protect

DONIA - Enjoy protect the ocean, together!

Free access to cartography of the seabed and up-to-date regulated areas for a secure anchorage. Anchoring in Posidonia meadows is forbidden and punishable by law.

DONIA is a group marine cartography application for smartphones and tablets. It is intended for boaters, yachtsmen, divers, fishermen and all sea lovers who wish to benefit from accurate maps, enriched with data on marine life and real-time info on surface actions.

DONIA is first and foremost a community of enthusiasts who exchange information to make their sea trips simpler, richer in discoveries and who need to help defend the environment.

DONIA works and raises awareness of environmental preservation by providing extraordinarily accurate maps of the nature of the seabed, enabling Mediterranean yachtsmen to anchor exterior sensitive ecosystems such as Posidonia meadows and coralligenous reefs. The application provides access to various navigation information and functionalities similar to regulatory and navigation tools (port information, anchorages, dive sites, heading and arrow for prediction of time, pace, waypoints and measurement instruments, navigation) and security at sea (skid, entanglement and collision alarm pack); AIS (Automatic Identification System) data from the AISHUb network; climate forecasts each 3 hours up to seventy two hours; sheltered anchorage areas depending on the climate, neighborhood instruments, local regulations..

DONIA also means greater safety on board, whether crusing or motoring. The application proposes to reside the standard maritime solidarity by sharing your anchorage spots, information on biodiversity, risks seen at sea (obstacles, accidents, jellyfish, and so on.).

Finally, DONIA customers can receive free information from managers of protected websites (parks, reserves). Practical to keep away from tedious procedures and find local laws simply.

The Premium model of the application (€ 24.99 per year, € 2.99 per month) gives entry to high-definition bathymetric maps allowing you to seek out new factors of interest and marine maps from SHOM (Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of la Marine) in the French Mediterranean.

Please observe that continuous use of GPS within the background could scale back battery life.

Conditions of use: https://donia.fr/cgu/cgv_en.html

The Community utility for navigation and anchoring assistance outside fragile ecosystems DONIA is on the market and used in the Mediterranean.