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Rose Point Navigation Systems Software

Coastal Explorer

Electronic charting and navigation software for pleasure boaters on Windows PCs, with route planning, tides, weather, AIS, radar targets and instrument panels.

Description

Coastal Explorer is navigation software designed for the pleasure boater. It supports a wide range of chart formats with automatic updates and seamless chart quilting, and a complete set of US charts is included.

Key features

  • Route planning with obstacle detection and unlimited undo
  • Document-based route and mark management
  • Gazetteer of millions of places
  • Integrated ActiveCaptain guidebook and US Coast Pilot data
  • Tide and current predictions for all official US stations
  • Text and graphical weather and GRIB display
  • Split-screen charts, voice alerts, virtual instrument panels and an online Ship's Log
  • Interfaces with GPS, heading sensors, depth sounders, autopilots, wind and weather instruments, radar and AIS via NMEA 0183, NMEA 0183-HS and NMEA 2000 (via Nemo Gateway or Actisense NGT-1), plus video cameras and NAVTEX receivers

Specifications

Operating systemMicrosoft Windows 10 or Windows 11 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Disk space500 MB or more
DisplaySuper VGA (800×600) or higher; 1024×768 or higher recommended
InterfacesNMEA 0183, NMEA 0183-HS, NMEA 2000, Garmin Binary Interface (serial and USB), raw NMEA 0183 over TCP or UDP

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