The plugin is based on libweatherrouting routing library ©2021 Davide Gessa, Riccardo Apolloni, Enrico Ferreguti
The grib models are provided by https://opengribs.org
The polar files are provided by https://www.seapilot.com
QGIS>Browser>XYZ Tiles>OpenStreetMap
Plugins > Manage and install plugins
menu; search for it and click on Install
.The plugin will be shown under Plugins
menu: Wind forecast routing
and in toolbar with the icon
Launch the plugin clicking on icon or menu item
Choose a boat polar
Specify Start and End track points
Specify a time of departure or leave the proposed one (now time)
Optionally specify the wind model or leave the auto choice (the plugin will download the more accurate wind grib files for the specified track location)
optionally specify grib, waypoints and route files location (otherwise the plugin will place the files in system temporary directory)
check Animate route with temporal controller at the end of algorithm processing control whether temporal capabilities should be activated to improve results visualization
Perform routing with Run
. The plugin will download the wind model chosen for the area of interest, and will calculate the fastest route.
At the and of calculation press Close
and Enjoy results.
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Please keep in mind that:
ne_10m_ocean
, you can find it in the plugin source directory), avoid tracks crossing complex geographical context to prevent issues in algorithm calculation due to lack of solutions within the temporal or geographical scope of grib modelPlease report any issue on the bugtracker.