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NavPak Marine
Charting / Marine chart
plotting for PC & Pocket PC 2003.
Turn your Laptop or Pocket PC into a
fully featured marine chart
plotter
NavPak is a full featured navigation solution,
available in "Professional Edition" for laptop
PCs, and "Pocket Edition" for Pocket PC 2003
devices. All editions feature high speed
graphics and handle a wide variety of chart
formats. Compatible with commercially available
digital charts (including C-Map NT on CF Cards
or via a C-Map NT Planner+ USB reader), or
simply scan your own charts and maps. It is also
compatible with virtually all GPS units and
instrumentation that sends NMEA compatible
data. NavPak was designed for marine navigation,
and it is also being used for aeronautical
navigation, off road navigation, oceanographic
research, and surveying.
NavPak Professional - Laptop Version
This is a quick look at NavPak which consists
of screen shots. Click on a thumb nail image
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Demo Download
Typical navigation scenario
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Plot ARPA info from a RADAR
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Quickly retrieve RADAR Target info
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Plot AIS targets and retrieve info
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Seamless Charting |
GPS and RADAR Simulator
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Record a track from the GPS
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Topographical map by USGS
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Read Way Point dialog box
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Typical chart with inset
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Large chart zoomed to fit on the screen
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Satellite & Aerial Photos
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Plot great circles |
Celestial sight reduction & plotting
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Setting up a chart with MapSetup
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Monitor Way Point & Mark
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Typical navigation scenario
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Bathymetric Map |
Area Map Window |
Build, edit & save Chart Library
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NavPak PE - Pocket PC
Edition
This is a quick look at NavPak Pocket Edition
which consists of screen shots. More information
is available in the NavPak Pocket Edition demo.
You can download a demo version below:
[ Pocket Edition - Demo Downloads ]
Typical navigation scenario showing GPS
position, way point, route, track, line to
active way point and heading predictor line.
This is a typical raster chart. NavPak is
compatible with numerous commercial chart
formats, or scan your own charts and maps.
Configuration dialog box, showing various
settings.
NavPak has dozens of other dialog
boxes like this.
The Plotting sheet mode can be set to show a
whole ocean, or a small area for close-in
manoeuvring. This screen shot shows great
circles and chart boundaries on a
whole ocean
plotting sheet.
NavPak PE is compatible with C-Map vector
charts.
C-Map is available on CF memory cards for
Pocket PCs.
This shows C-Map zoomed out 2 steps.
NavPak Pocket Edition provides the same zoom and
detail levels as NavPak-Pro.
When you tap-and-hold the stylus on the screen,
a box pops up with frequently used functions.
The box on the top appears if C-Map is loaded,
and the box on the bottom appears if a raster or
S-57 chart is loaded.
NavPak PE is also compatible with S-57 vector
charts.
Features, such as soundings, symbols, and lines,
can be turned on or off for clarity. Most of the
features contain detailed attributes which are
acessible with the Search function. If you
Tap-And-Hold the stylus on a line, symbol or
area, a dialog box will pop-up with feature
Info.
This shows S-57 zoomed out to 12% to give a
wide perspective.
The red frame on the Area Map shows the scroll
position of the main window. You can quickly
move around the chart by tapping on the Area
Map. You can also pan by dragging the stylus on
the main window, or with the rocker key on the
Pocket PC.
This shows S-57 zoomed out to 25%.
This is another typical navigation scenario
showing GPS position, heading predictor line,
line to active way point, track and route lines.
The active route leg and way point flash
magenta, and the inactive route lines are green.
The track is shown as red lines with circles at
track points.
Features of the Pocket,
Lite and
Standard Editions.:
- All versions support a wide variety of
digital chart formats, and offer the fastest
display speed available on a chart plotter.
Pixel aliasing produces deep, rich colors.
Provides 4 zoom levels, and a Thumbnail
window.
Compatible with the following raster
chart formats: MapTech, BSB, ChartKit, NDI,
NOS, SoftChart, and Geo-Tiff, or scan your
own charts and maps and calibrate with
MapSetup (included).
Also, the Professional and Pocket Editions
are compatible with C-Map NT vector charts.
NavPak-Pro can use C-Map charts on CD ROM,
or it will interface to a C-Map cartridge
reader. NavPak Pocket Edition uses C-Map
charts on CF memory cards. NavPak Pro and
Pocket Editions are also compatible with
SENC vector charts. These are S-57 data
cells which are converted with MapSetup.
- NMEA interface for GPS or Loran. Connect
directly to your PC serial port or USB port,
no interface card required. The Professional
Edition can use 4 serial or USB ports
simultaneously (see below).
- Plots your position and track on the
chart. Save track on disk as a voyage log.
Each track point contains position, time,
date, speed, course, Also you can add names
and notes to each track point.
- Automatically scrolls chart and loads
next chart as your position moves.
Accurately handles skewed and odd shaped
charts while traveling at high speed. Track
on one CD ROM while looking at the charts on
another CD.
- Read, write and edit way points, and
provide dynamic course and distance to a way
point. Save way points and routes to
pre-plan a voyage, or mark a position while
underway.
- Transfer way points between your PC
computer and GPS. Compatible with most
popular GPS units.
- Displays speed (SOG) and course (COG),
updated every 2 seconds.
- Plot bearings and lines relative.
Bearings can be used to triangulate your
position without a GPS. Lines relative
simulate a traditional Maneuvering Board,and
DR positioning.
- Measure distance and direction. Easy
point and click operation.
- Graphical user interface is very easy to
use while very fast and capable.
- Double-click on a track point, way
point, or inside a chart outline, and the
Search function will pop-up a dialog box
with information about the item. This keeps
all the necessary information easily
accessible without a cluttered screen.
- Time-Speed-Distance calculator.
NavPak Professional
Features - Professional Laptop Version
- Interface for, GPS, compass, log, radar,
autopilot, AIS transponder, depth sounder
and wind instruments.
- No multiplexer required, Navpak talks to
4 serial ports simultaneously. The GPS and
autopilot share a port, which leaves 3
available for other instruments.
- ARPA interface plots RADAR targets,
cursor position, variable range markers and
electronic bearing lines on your chart in
real-time. Click on a RADAR target to show
detailed information.
- Video window to interface with RADAR or
video camera using a regular PC Video
Capture card.
- AIS interface plots AIS targets on the
screen. Click on an AIS target to show
detailed information.
- Displays VMG relative to a waypoint,
based on GPS fixes, updated every 4 seconds.
- Displays real-time current set and drift
when interfaced with a compass and log.
- Drag & Drop route editing, reverse
route, and convert a route to way points.
- Simultaneous range and bearing to a mark
and way point, with flashing indicator
lines, updated every 2 seconds.
- Flashing predictor line, shows boat
heading. This can be switched to use HDT,
HDG, HDM or VHW from an electronic compass,
or Course Over Ground from a GPS unit.
- The track functions are similar to the
Lite Edition, except that the Professional
Edition also logs info from the connected
instruments and has a comment field for each
track point.
- Celestial sight reduction and plotting.
Star and planet finder.
- Plot great circles and rhumb lines and
advance LOPs with simple point-and-click
operation.
- Screen can be used without a chart as a
traditional plotting sheet with grid.
- Freehand drawing tools.
- Save all drawing and plotting as a
graphic log.
- ETA to way points and Float Plan
functions.
- Simulator function. Simulates GPS,
RADAR, AIS, compass and log.
Where can you buy NavPak?
Order it online now from
Press Digital
or your C1 Group Stockist.
Contact
sales@c1au.com
for more information or Order Online at
Press Digital -
http://www.pressdigital.com.au . You'll find
NavPak located under the GPS Navigation
Solutions section. We also offer a
discount if you buy your NavPak software and
C-Map charts together! Find out more on C-Map
Charts with NavPak -
HERE
Still Got Questions?
Take a look at
GlobeNav's FAQ page!
Summary of Chart Types
Not sure about all the various Chart Types
you can use? Click
HERE for more information.
NavPak Companion
Here's a great addon for NavPak Professional
- Written by Brian Walker of Sydney Australia!
Providing a full relational database engine and
some excellent additional features. Click
HERE for more information and to download a
full working version.
NavPak Users Group
Registered user of NavPak with questions?
Signup to the NavPak user's Group
HERE!
Membership is FREE of charge.
Testimonials
What do people have to say about NavPak?
Click
HERE to find out!
Some Great Free Links to
GPS Co-ordinates
MarineNews - Fishing Spots
http://www.marinews.com/exploring/fgp_main.htm
MarineNews - Weather Links
http://www.marinews.com/weather/index.htm
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