PC Seamaster for Windows is a
sophisticated electronic charting program using the World renowned and accurate
British Admiralty ARCS Electronic Charts. Designed for use onboard ship and
giving accurate Navigation, AIS, Plotting and Voyage planning
facilities.
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.
AIS (Automatic Identification System) - When connected to a suitable AIS receiver,
all targets within range are shown on the Chart with Name or MMSI number. Each
target may be selected and full details such as IMO number and ETA etc can be
shown. Targets can also be shown in list view, including those not shown on the
present Chart.
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.
Click
here for ARCS chart details
IBM PC compatible computer with Pentium 100Mhz or faster processor, 16MB RAM,
hard disk, mouse and VGA screen. GPS receiver with NMEA output (other outputs
can be read, to order).
Windows 95/ 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP operating system
Seamaster for Windows 
