CHART DISPLAY
- Clear Display
of ARCS Charts with Day, Dusk and Night time display colours.
Rapid Chart scrolling, Chart Details, Chart correction status,
Chart Datum status.
REAL TIME
NAVIGATION-
Real time Navigation Display using GPS position input. Own Ship
vector, continuous Navigation Display, Navigation Log, Range Ring,
Bearing and Distance cursor, Ship's track, Active Waypoint, ETA at
next Waypoint and ETA at end of Route.
OVERLAYS
- Multiple transparent
"overlays" can be made for surveying and customisation, using 50
inbuilt icons and 50 icons which you can define yourself. All
overlay icons can have comments and numbers attached to them and
can be dropped on the Chart or entered from co-ordinates.
VOYAGE PLANNING
- Creation of multiple
Voyage plan files, with comments. Each voyage file contains the
Waypoints for the voyage and the course between Waypoints can be
set to be Rhumb Line, Great Circle or Composite Great Circle
sailing. Voyage files can be easily viewed, edited or added to.
The calculated voyage display shows the course(s) and distances
between each pair of Waypoints and the ETA at each Waypoint for an
entered speed. The calculated voyage plan can be printed or output
to a text file.
SAILINGS
- Rhumb line sailings.
Great Circle sailing. Composite Great Circle sailing. Find
Position. (D.R Position). Course & Speed made good. Course to
Steer.
TIDAL PREDICTIONS
- Memory of all data for
tidal predictions. Selection of any Time zone by the user,
irrespective of the Port's zone. Inbuilt Tidal data for over 600
European Ports. You can add your own Ports for anywhere in the
World. Calculation of Tidal heights at any entered Port for any
date from 1900 to 2090. Output of Heights in Metres or Feet.
Graphic display of the tidal height curve for 2 days with moving
cursor and Draught line. Real time graphic display of the tidal
height curve with moving cursor; automatically updated from the
computer's clock and calendar. Prediction of High and Low water
times and heights for 2-31 days. Output of Tidal heights at 6
minute intervals for 2 days. Find nearest Port function & Rapid
search function for Port name.
EASY CHART
UPDATING-
Simply insert a single Chart Update CD and let the program do the
rest! All your stored Charts are automatically updated, with a
report produced once updating is completed.
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS: The minimum specification for a
PC or laptop to run the software.