Your Brain on Ocean: BlueMind
How does the ocean affect our brain? Why does the sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste of the ocean set our souls at ease? How does our “brain on ocean” behave? These questions and much more are the subject of the BlueMind Summit, the first conference in history to bring together leaders in neuroscience and...
NOAA charts now on BlooSee
We’re excited to announce that BlooSee now features the official nautical charts published by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration agency of the United States Government. To view the charts use the slider control that will appear in the upper right hand side of the screen while browsing US waters on BlooSee’s Explore map....
The Ocean on Twitter
Since Twitter was created in 2006, this microblogging service has gained notability and popularity worldwide and currently has more than 100 million users worldwide. Is the ocean well represented on Twitter? The truth is that tweeting about stuff that is happening in and around oceans and shorelines can be a challenge. The reason? How do...
iPhone app updated
Short entry to inform everyone that we’ve just updated our iPhone app. There was this nasty bug in the logout sequence that made the application crash. No longer. What’s more important to most users, the infopoint icons load faster now! So we recommend everyone to update it. What’s New In Version 1.0.4 - General speed...
BlooSee spots: Peter Cafe Sport & paintings of yachts names in Horta, Azores
Some people think this is an overrated place, while others believe it fully deserves the legend. Peter Cafe Sport is one of those places not to be missed by sailors crosssing the Atlantic on the Northern route (usually West to East). It has appeared in sailing literature (even sir Francis Chichester mentions it on his...
BlooSee spots: Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth
The deepest place on Earth is on the Pacific ocean, SW of Guam, along what’s known as the Mariana Trench. We have the two deepest known places on Earth geolocated on BlooSee: Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench): http://bloosee.com/r/iddXsU HMRG Deep (Mariana Trench): http://bloosee.com/r/iSzqEL Some information from Wikipedia: “The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the...
Join the Summer Sailstice sailing celebration
All BlooSee users are invited to join the 10th annual Summer Sailstice celebration of sailing on the weekend of June 19th. This international event was founded in 2001 to unite the sailing community in a global celebration of sailing and ocean preservation. Every year, Summer Sailstice connects over 15,000 sailors all over the world—from cruisers...
The BlooSee iPhone app is available!
On our last update we told you more cool things were being prepared. Well, we can announce now that the BlooSee iPhone app is already available on the appstore! Follow this link to get it for free: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bloosee/id369962991?mt=8 On this 1.0 version you have the ability to see the same up-to-date infopoints that are on...
BlooSee updated & other news
BlooSee website updated on January You may have noticed some changes on the system, as we’ve updated it to improve useability. Better groups First thing you’ll see is that we’ve split the former “Community” area into two new tabs: “Friends” and “Groups”. The latter has seen major changes: you now have the ability to create...
BlooSee updated
We’ve just updated our production server with another code refresh. Changes include: Improved the infopoint balloon: buttons are clearer, and contact info (tel., website, etc.) appear right under the description, so there’s no need to go to the full details to see them. Major improvement. Added a few categories under “Commercial services”: “Mechanical/Electrical services”, “Clothing...
BlooSee updated
We’ve just updated our production server with a code refresh. Changes include: Extended data panel for infopoints automatically opens when adding/editing infopoints. Also, more types of infopoints have extended fields than before. Photo albums have a clearer navigation, where you first see all pictures as thumbnails, and then choose which one you want to start...
