DONIA: protect the sea

DONIA is a community marine mapping application for smartphones and tablets. It is intended for boaters, divers, fishermen and all sea lovers who wish to benefit from accurate maps, enriched with data on marine life and real-time information on surface activities.
DONIA is above all a community of enthusiasts who exchange information to make their sea trips easier, richer in discoveries and with greater safety on board, whether sailing or motoring. DONIA proposes to live the traditional maritime solidarity by sharing anchorage spots, information on biodiversity, dangers seen at sea (obstacles, accidents, jellyfish, etc.).
DONIA works and raises awareness of environmental conservation by providing extremely accurate maps of the nature of the seabed, enabling Mediterranean yachtsmen to anchor outside sensitive ecosystems such as posidonia meadows and coralligenous reefs, in compliance with the law. The application provides access to various descriptive data (information on ports, anchorage sites, diving sites, anchorage and light equipment areas, geo-referenced underwater image galleries), navigation functionalities (heading and time prediction arrow, speed, waypoints and measurement tools, navigation routes) as well as safety at sea tools (skid, entanglement and collision alarm pack). The application offers the display of AIS (Automatic Identification System) data from the AISHUb network, weather forecasts every 3 hours up to +72 hours, preferred anchorage areas (sheltered) according to the weather, and local regulations. DONIA users can receive free information from the managers of protected sites (parks, reserves). Practical to avoid tedious steps and to find the local regulations easily.
The DONIA application incorporates the mapping of buoys and mooring boxes in a buoy reservation module called "DONIA Mooring". It integrates, in real time: the availability calendar of these mooring devices, the pricing by class of vessel and slots, the reservation and the management of the secure payment via mobile phone.
The Premium version of the application (€24.99 per year, €2.99 per month) gives access to the SHOM (Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine) nautical charts (updated in 2022) as well as nearly 230 high-definition bathymetric charts allowing users to find new sites of interest, plan diving routes, or visualise faults and rocky outcrops.
Caution: Continuous use of the GPS in the background may reduce battery life.
Terms of use: https://donia.fr/cgu/cgv_fr.html
The DONIA community application for navigation and anchoring outside fragile ecosystems is available and used in the Mediterranean.