You’ve seen shaded sonar maps in chart plotters before—Furuno and Simrad have had them since 2008. But certainly not with the detail coming out today in offerings from Navionics’ Platinum and Garmin’s ...

The benefits of clear surface shading in a design patent were highlighted in a recent district circuit decision, which found that purported contour or tangent edge lines added to the drawings to ...

Which liquid contour is best? Few things transform your look like good contouring. But if you’re intimidated by the idea of contouring, you’re not alone. Many people are afraid of contouring too ...