Navigation News

PSA Maritime Chooses NavPak

Global Navigation Software Co. is pleased to announce that PSA Maritime has selected NavPak for it's maritime operations. PSA has been testing charting software for a few years, and determined that NavPak is the fastest and most reliable program available for their critical needs. PSA has approximately 160 maritime pilots in 22 countries world wide, a fleet of ocean going tugs, and other support vessels.
[ Go to PSA Marine ]

C-Map MAX charts

NavPak Professional Edition is now compatible with C-Map MAX format charts. NavPak is still compatible with NT and NT+ charts as before. The MAX format adds some nice features including pictures, tidal currents and perspective view.

Encrypted ENC Charts

Now you can use S-63 Encrypted charts with NavPak Professional and Pocket Editions, using the NavPak_S63_Decrypter program, available to NavPak users.

Excerpt from article about PC charting programs. This appeared in Marine Electronics magazine (The official Journal of NMEA), Nov/Dec 2006.

NavPak Professional Edition, Global Navigation Software Company- NavPak Pro is a reliable and inexpensive PC chart plotter. It is compatible with a wide variety of raster and vector charts, including the free NOAA charts of US waters. For other areas of the world, charts are readily available from various commercial sources or you can scan your own charts and maps. NavPak Professional Edition can be used with almost any NMEA compatible electronic instrument that you would want to connect to a PC chart plotter, such as GPS, RADAR, AIS, DSC, auto pilot, compass, log, depth sounder, temperature, wind instruments or a NMEA 2000 bridge. To help simplify the system, it will interface with multiple ports on the PC, so that you don't need an external multiplexer, or you can feed everything into one port without fear of buffer over runs. To further simplify things, each port is setup for bi-directional communication so that Talkers and Listeners can be combined on one port. NavPak will also output GPS, compass and way point sentences on the same port, or separate ports, to feed peripherals such as RADAR and DSC. This can go a long way towards minimizing connectors and cable. For example, to connect a RADAR to a PC, you could receive the ARPA, and send the GPS, compass and waypoint on the same cable. NavPak is inexpensive, but no compromises were made in the reliability, so it is the choice of navigators that require a program that runs fast with minimal hardware and never locks-up. It is also easy to setup and trouble shoot with built in diagnostic aids, such as status and terminal windows for each port, to show the NMEA sentences coming in or going out. To help plan an integrated system, NavPak Pro has a Simulator for GPS, RADAR, AIS, auto pilot, compass and log, which behaves exactly as if connected to real instruments. Using the Simulator, you can stage current set and drift scenarios with the GPS, compass and log, you can steer ARPA and AIS targets, and you can control the RADAR VRMs, EBLs and cursor, as it is all plotted on your chart. In addition to the ease and versatility of connecting electronics, NavPak also has a complete set of traditional coastal and celestial navigation tools. A working demo for PC and Pocket PC computers is available from Global Navigation Software Company at www.globenav.com. The traditional navigation tools are enabled in the demo, so if you feel comfortable finding your way around using a sextant and compass, then your navigation software is free. Global Navigation Software Company, is pleased to announce a dedicated version of NavPak, specifically written for Maritime Pilots. This is the only charting program that runs on a Pocket PC with S-57 ENC charts and AIS interface. It is like having an ECDIS in your hand, except that NavPak is very inexpensive. The NavPak Pilot Pocket Edition is easy to connect to an AIS Pilot Port or run it with a GPS. NavPak is being used by Pilots all over the world. //////////// End excerpt from NMEA article ///////////////

NavPak Japanese Version

Global Navigation Software Company is pleased to announce that NavPak Professional and Pocket Editions have been translated to Japanese and is available now.

C-MAP charts

Global Navigation Software Company is now an Authorized C-MAP reseller. Extended Port Info and marina details are now available. These charts offer world wide coverage.

NOAA, NGD and FAA charts

Global Navigation Software Company is an Authorized FAA, NOAA and NGD reseller of original nautical and aeronautical paper charts. We offer big discounts to NavPak users for the latest paper charts directly from the US government. These charts offer world wide coverage.

Other NavPak news

This is an interesting article, in Ocean Navigator Magazine, about integrating marine electronics and PC navigation programs: "Convergence Hits the Nav Station". (March/April 2003)
[ Go to Ocean Navigator ]


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