Tour de France à la voile is an annual yachting race around the coast of France. Inaugurated in 1978, it links the English Channel to the French Riviera and is held in July. Famous skippers have taken part in the race, including Loïck Peyron and the four time America's Cup winner Russell Coutts. The race is, however, not reserved for professionals, and it also attracts amateurs and students thanks to three distinct rankings. The race visits around ten harbours along the French coast. It includes one or two day coastal stages - that vary from year to year - as well as intensive regattas at the various ports. The boats are transported by road (trucks) midway through the race from stages held in the Atlantic Ocean to those in the Mediterranean Sea.
EarthOnDrive is happy to announce yachting as one of the premier new geospatial vsualizations for televised content. Supplying bathymetriy geodata and coastal data for the organizers of this exclusive event for world televised content was a challenge, and together with the Geo-Runtime software developed by Trimaran n Paris France, the event organizers got a lot of additional coverage and content feed for world television.
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