CANALNAV: Canal du Midi GPS

CANALNAV is the first navigation GPS entirely dedicated to the Canal du Midi (UNESCO World Heritage) and the Canal de la Robine — France's iconic southern waterway from Toulouse to the Mediterranean. Designed for pleasure boaters, hire-boat holidaymakers and professional mariners, CANALNAV offers real-time navigation with automatic alerts for every lock, bridge, aqueduct and spillway on your route. ━━━ KEY FEATURES ━━━ 🗺️ REAL-TIME GPS NAVIGATION Turn-by-turn guidance along 240 km of navigable canals, with map rotation following your boat's heading. Works offline once tiles are cached. 🚦 253 GEOLOCATED STRUCTURES Automatic alerts as you approach: - Locks (with operating hours and cycle time) - Road & foot bridges (with clearance data) - Canal aqueducts and historic spillways - Ports, marinas and casual moorings 🏛️ HERITAGE MODULE — 285 photos including vintage postcards Rediscover the canal through 143 historical postcards (1900-1930) paired with 142 current photos. Compare "then and now" at every structure. ⚓ USER CONTRIBUTIONS Declare your own moorings (shade, services, star ratings), report obstacles or hazards on the water — instantly visible to other boaters. Community voting keeps information current. 🔍 SMART SEARCH Find any lock, bridge, town or waypoint. Search by name or by kilometre point (PK). ⛵ BOAT PROFILE MATCHING Enter your boat's dimensions once: CANALNAV warns you if any structure ahead exceeds your headroom, beam or draft. 🌍 CANAL DE LA ROBINE + THAU LAGOON Full coverage including the Jonction canal, the Robine towards Narbonne and Port-la-Nouvelle, plus the marked channel across Étang de Thau to Sète with all IALA buoys and lighthouses. ━━━ FOR THE HISTORY LOVERS ━━━ Explore Pierre-Paul Riquet's 17th-century engineering masterpiece with detailed heritage notes on the round lock of Agde, the Fonsérannes staircase, the Malpas tunnel, the Somail bookshop-halt and dozens more. ━━━ SAFE & PRIVATE ━━━ - No user account required - No advertising, no tracking - GPS data stays on your device - Anti-screenshot protection on vintage postcards (collector partnership) ━━━ IDEAL FOR ━━━ - Private boat owners - Hire-boat customers (Le Boat, Nicols, Locaboat...) - Marina professionals - Fluvial tourism enthusiasts - History and heritage travellers Free application. Made in France by a boater, for boaters. Continuous updates from field feedback. Contact: [email protected] Privacy: https://canalnav-dev.github.io/canalnav-legal/privacy.html