We are proud to announce OceanDrivers is moving to a new office, within bnd marineta, a new co-working and co-living space aimed to digital nomads. The new facilities, located in c/Marineta, 5 at El Arenal count with top notch technological facilities, such as a 3D printer, meeting room, and Skype room, and will constitute the perfect spot for OceanDrivers' challenges to [...]
OceanDrivers will provide a full weather system for the sailing event Trofeo Princesa Sofía which will be taking place from March 28th to April 4th in Palma de Mallorca. The system, available at https://trofeoprincesasofia.oceandrivers.com/, will comprise accurate real-time information from several fixed weather stations: CN Arenal Sailing Club (CNA). Can Pastilla Sailing Club (CMSAP). [...]
CN Arenal already has its own Ocean Web Weather, available at cnarenal.oceandrivers.com!, and will provide CN Arenal’s web visitors with: […]
OceanDrivers CEO is staying at the Startup Basecamp in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is a nickname for the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California in the United States. It is home to many of the world's largest high tech corporations, as well as thousands of tech startup companies. OceanDrivers will [...]
Currents can be defined as the continuous flow of water from one place to another (definition by the UK National Oceanography Centre). Many factors can generate currents, such as gravitational forces, rotation of the earth, wind, water conditions gradients and/or geographical landscapes. Furthermore currents can be classified into surface currents, which comprehend the top 400m [...]
Last week, OceanDrivers dedicated a full day to carry out several tests upon EasyWind's technology. The team headed to its partner CN Arenal's facilities early in the morning, and prepared the necessary equipment to carry out a battery of different tests regarding the new EasyWinds' callibration interface within the configuration section. Airmar's sensors offer a [...]
The Earth Project, by developer Cameron Beccario, has arised in 2014 as one of the most popular global weather forecast viewers, due to its innovative design and visualization features. It displays air and ocean information in a friendly designed interface powered by d3js javascript library. It is a great example of how to make weather data look awesome! On [...]
The 2014 Sailing ISAF Worlds have recently concluded in Santander, and they have been a perfect scenario for OceanDrivers' R+D+i products, EasyCurrents and EasyWind to be proved as a major support tool; where OceanDrivers' data management, software and sailing expertise have successfully been put into the spotlight. The sailing regattas during the worlds have been [...]
OceanDrivers has released yet another R+D+I project; EasyWind, which provides sailing coaches real-time, accurate wind conditions in order to help sailors improve their performance and results. EasyWind obtains wind intensity and direction from an ultrasonic meteorological sensor, and displays it in a user friendly web interface, accesible by portable devices such as mobile phones [...]
OceanDrivers will be travelling to Rio de Janeiro from August 1st - 5th, in order to establish synergies with the Brazilian Sailing Team. Nowadays sailing is becoming a highly professionalised sport, where performance and results can be optimized by technological means. New sensors, and data collection devices are arising, and can provide huge quantities of [...]
