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Omar: /* Wind forecasts */

2015-04-08T12:21:45Z

‎Wind forecasts

Omar: /* Wind forecasts */

2015-04-08T12:20:24Z

‎Wind forecasts

Omar: /* Wind forecasts */

2015-04-08T12:19:47Z

‎Wind forecasts

Omar: /* Pixel charts */

2015-04-08T12:15:06Z

‎Pixel charts

Omar: /* Pixel charts */

2015-04-08T12:14:14Z

‎Pixel charts

Omar: /* Pixel charts */

2015-04-08T12:13:05Z

‎Pixel charts

Omar: /* Pixel charts */

2015-04-08T12:11:27Z

‎Pixel charts

Omar at 12:10, 8 April 2015

2015-04-08T12:10:37Z

Omar: /* Polars */

2015-02-06T12:48:31Z

‎Polars

Omar: /* Polars */

2015-02-06T12:45:41Z

‎Polars

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 * If you use the Firefox browser you can extract Virtual Regatta game winds from the browser cache using the Firefox cache importer built into VRTool. (This "back-door" method depends on both the game file format and the browser cache management - it may stop working unexpectedly if either of these changes). Read more about this method in this [http://www.tecepe.com.br/NAV/VRTool/offline/TutorialFCI.htm tutorial].
-After loading the wind forecasts you may use buttons to select a given forecast. Use buttons Ctrl-1 to Ctrl-7 or the buttons in the toolbar to display successive wind forecast periods.
+After loading the winds you may use number buttons to select a given forecast.
 == Polars ==

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 == Wind forecasts ==
 Wind forecasts can be obtained from a number of sources. Ultimately, most wind forecasts come from the GFS
-( Global Forecast System, a world weather model run by [http://www.noaa.gov '''NOAA''' ).
+( Global Forecast System, a world weather model run by [http://www.noaa.gov '''NOAA.''']
 VRTool can use winds from:

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 == Wind forecasts ==
-These can be obtained from a number of sources. Ultimately, all wind forecasts come from the GFS ( Global Forecast System, a world weather model updated NOAA every six hours), but regatta game providers do some processing in NOAA data. VRTool can use winds from:
+Wind forecasts can be obtained from a number of sources. Ultimately, most wind forecasts come from the GFS
 * Downloaded directly from the NOAA server using the vrtool's built-in [[Importing NOAA Winds|NOAA import module]]. This method gives the earliest possible forecast updates, as the NOAA server is also the source for the other methods. This is also the most convenient way to import a grib covering the whole area of a race leg. Once the grib boundaries have been set in the [[Importing NOAA Winds|NOAA import module]], vrtool remembers them for subesquent imports. This makes subsequent updating of the wind grid a one-click process.
-* Load a GRIB2 file ( p.e. files downloaded by UGrib or ZyGrib). You can use .grb or .grb.bz2 (compressed gribs).
+* Load a GRIB2 file ( p.e. files downloaded by UGrib or ZyGrib). You can use either .grb or .grb.bz2 (compressed grib 2).
 * If you use the Firefox browser you can extract Virtual Regatta game winds from the browser cache using the Firefox cache importer built into VRTool. (This "back-door" method depends on both the game file format and the browser cache management - it may stop working unexpectedly if either of these changes). Read more about this method in this [http://www.tecepe.com.br/NAV/VRTool/offline/TutorialFCI.htm tutorial].

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 == Pixel charts ==
-Charts with collision detection from ''pixels'' [http://gwranking.forumactif.org/ '''GWRanking''']
+Charts with collision detection ''pixels'' from [http://gwranking.forumactif.org/ '''GWRanking''']
 == Wind forecasts ==

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 == Pixel charts ==
-Charts with collision detection ''pixels'' for Virtual Regatta races [http://gwranking.forumactif.org/ '''GWRanking''']
+Charts with collision detection from ''pixels'' [http://gwranking.forumactif.org/ '''GWRanking''']
 == Wind forecasts ==

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 == Pixel charts ==
-Charts with collision detection ''pixels'', for Virtual Regatta races [http://gwranking.forumactif.org/],
+Charts with collision detection ''pixels'' for Virtual Regatta races [http://gwranking.forumactif.org/]
-for precision navigation.
+(precision navigation)
 == Wind forecasts ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:10, 8 April 2015
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	The following image illustrates the level of detail of each file (Guanabara bay - 20 NM across) [img http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav/gshhs/gshhsResolutions.png]		The following image illustrates the level of detail of each file (Guanabara bay - 20 NM across) [img http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav/gshhs/gshhsResolutions.png]
		+
		+	== Pixel charts ==
		+	Charts with collision detection ''pixels'', for Virtual Regatta races [http://gwranking.forumactif.org/],
		+	for precision navigation.

	== Wind forecasts ==		== Wind forecasts ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:48, 6 February 2015
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	Also select which database type you are using in the '''Winds > Polars''' tab		Also select which database type you are using in the '''Winds > Polars''' tab
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	(xml, csv or myPolars)		(xml, csv or myPolars)

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 * Multi-sail polars - This is a new format with a set of polar data for each sail. This is the preferred format. Multi-sail polar database files have extension XML, and can be produced, imported and edited using the vrtool polar studio.
-* Merged sail polars - This compact polar database format is available from some internet sites (which?). Extension .CSV.
+* Merged sail polars - Compact polar database format. Extension .CSV.
-Select the file and click load. Also select which database type you are using in the '''Winds > Polars''' tab.
+Select the file and click load.
 == Boat data ==