 |
Admin Areas, Fish area, pipelines
|
|
Anchorage Areas, Lakes, railways
|
|
Annotation(text), Landmarks, relief
|
|
Buildings, restricted areas
|
|
Cables, Military areas, rocks
|
|
Control points, Nature of seabed, spot soundings
|
|
Cultural Features, navaids, tides and currents
|
|
Depth Areas & contours, obstructions, traffic routes
|
|
Ferry ways, offshore structures, wrecks
|
|
Extensive help files
|
|
Special
editing options for editing more than 1 waypoint at the same time
(i.e. changing the symbol of a group of waypoints at the same time,
appending text to the notes of a group of waypoints etc..
|
|
Special
entry options for the entry of waypoint data (more position entry
formats).
|
|
Many
import options for waypoints from various other companies like Garmin,
GPSU etc..
|
|
Chart
presentation can be changed between International and US chart colours
and symbology.
|
|
Drag
mode for positioning chart views easily.
|
|
Can
read Navionics charts from Micro SD, SD, MMC and CF memory cards or
from hard drive/CD.
|
|
Routes:
Graphical Route Planning. Quick Route/Go To facility to instantly
route from your current position to a point on the chart. Click near
an existing waypoint and it can be added to the route without the need
to find it in a waypoint list.
|
|
Routes:
Easy editing of routes. Right click on a route point, select "Move
Route Point" and simply move it to another position. Select "Add route
point AFTER or BEFORE" an existing route point.
|
|
AisM8 will calculate the course and distance for each leg of the
route, and calculate time for a leg INCLUDING calculations with tides.
|
|
Waypoint Library, edit individual waypoints, all waypoints or selected
waypoints. Allows changing waypoint symbols, groups or text with one
edit.
|
|
Sort
waypoints (by name, nearest to vessel, by group)
|
|
Copy
waypoints and create new waypoints based on an existing waypoint (i.e.
applying a distance and bearing).
|
|
Import/Export waypoints to and from CSV files created with Excel or
other programs.
|
|
Delete
single waypoints or multiple waypoints easily
|
|
Move
waypoints graphically
 |
After
placing your waypoints, edit them, name then, reposition them and
add them to a route
|
|
|
Distance Measurement - Use the measure tool to measure distance and
direction from point to point
|
|
Multiple Routes - The limit to the number of routes is the size of
your computer system disk drive
|
|
Zoom
Box
|
Click
and drag a Zoom box around the area of interest
|
|
|
Dual
user interface
|
Standard Windows buttons and menus for planning
|
|
Sailing Mode - easy to use enlarged buttons for easy access while
sailing
|
|
|
Information panel
|
Displays Current position
|
|
Current Navigation mode, Heading, Speed, Course Over the Ground
(COG), Speed Over the Ground (SOG)
|
|
Current Route information including current waypoint, bearing,
distance, and cross track error
 |
Suggested steering direction
|
|
Time To Go to mark (TTG)
|
|
Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
|
|
|
|
Alarms
|
Position fixer alarm (Enabled automatically when the GPS is
connected)
|
|
Alarm
when a distress signal is received via DSC radio
|
|
Alarm
on AIS targets when Closest Point Of Approach is critical.
|
|
|
Vessel
Track Display
|
Displays the track
|
Configure frequency of position marks
|
|
Configure size of track
|
|
Configure Predictor line, size and area covered
|
|
|
|
Log
|
Maintains a log of distance and course steered and you can enter
your own comments in the log as well
|
|
|
Tides
|
Navionics charts contain full tidal information including tidal
streams, tide height and times etc..
|
|
|
Sun &
Moon
|
Navionics GOLD charts contain sun rise, sun set, moon rise, moon set
and moon phase information
|
|
|
Automatic Chart Selection
|
With
Navionics vector charts, the chart is selected automatically using
the zoom and position to determine the appropriate chart to display
|
|
|
Autopilot interface
|
AisM8 may be configured to interface with an autopilot
|
|
Plan
you route at home, enter waypoints and route details
|
|
Link
AisM8 to the Autopilot and let the program take charge of the
trip
|
|
|
Over
zoom
|
With
Navionics vector charts it is possible to OVERZOOM to a specific
area of the chart - useful when you want to get a "better" idea of
the exact position on a chart where you do not have the appropriate
large-scale chart. (Generally not recommended)
|
|
|
User
defined areas and alarms
|
Set
up your own Alarm areas, for Anchor watch or other to set "No Go
areas"
|
|
|
Instrument interface
|
Using
an NMEA 0183 link, AisM8 can display all your instrument
information on the information display
|
|
|
Man
Over Board
|
With
the Man Over Board button on the screen, the program will instantly
record the position when you press the MOB button, and allow you to
retrace your steps, knowing where to search.
|
|
