Navigation and Data logging Software for Hydrographic Survey
Portable Navigator Survey can locate underwater objects and dive targets
using high accuracy waypoints and DGPS.
Portable Navigator Survey is the ideal data logging solution for towed magnetic and sonar surveys.
Portable Navigator IV offers direct support of Aquascan Magnetometers with its high speed multi-port, multi-channel NMEA DDE server with dynamic averaging and data pre-processing it can combine data streams from multiple instruments for serious data logging applications.
PN Survey now includes fully integrated AIS decoding and display
NMEAPro provides Portable Navigator for Windows with full support of the Yeoman Plotter for hand digitising your paper charts. You can also use the Free worldwide coastline charts ! From the US Government Woods Hole Field Center.
New Features
- Improved data zoom plotting in a separate window with measurement
and waypoint creation.
- Video Output Blackboard for video image overlaying and remote data
display
- Optional ntegrated AIS decoding of message types 1,2,3,4,5 and
11.with RADAR like display on the PN chart
- Optional Range Rings and heading line centered on your vessel
- Automatic opening and recording of an AIS log file including your
position and each target transmission received.
- AIS log playback facility.
- Target data window displays full AIS data of selected target vessel.
- Target Database automatically updated and searched to speed up
display of message 5 data.
- Optional vocal new AIS target announcement
- Improved version NMEA pro III with better exception handling'
- Improved OEL MSWord interface for Remarks Mode .DOC logs, with better
exception handling. Now supports Word 2000 Office XP etc.
- AIS Monitor mode for fixed station use by VTS coastguard etc.
Standard Features
- Heading Up display while navigating
- Larger vector charts
- Improved route editing
- New multi-media waypoint types include images and sound
- Multiple NMEA streams from up to 4 different com ports
- Support for the output formats of AquascanŽ magnetometers
- Trend plot with "Data Zoom" to select and focus on interesting data
- Auto generate survey grid lines for coverage navigation
- Optional document log for event fixes with auto insertion of screen shots
- Additional parser terms for annotating Sidescan & Mag. chart recorders
- Many other new and improved features
- Simultaneous raster and vector charts can be displayed
- Auto chart loading - Automatically loads the nearest chart to the current position.
- Auto Zoom - Progressive zoom as you approach waypoints
- Instant configuration using multiple settings files
- Towed sensor configuration and coverage plotting for sidescan sonar, magnetometers etc.
- Transfer route waypoints to compatible GPS receivers (e.g. GARMIN)
- New parser terms and waypoint shapes
- Enter waypoints in OS GB Grid format
- Position averaging including altitude
- Area calculation
The standard features include Auto Dead Reckoning mode if the GPS fails, log playback whilst still logging, tidal averaging for Course to Steer, and configurable Vessel Plan Orientation, Tow Geometry and GPS Antenna Offset. These last three features enable you to directly log the predicted position of towed sonar arrays, magnetometers etc., while carrying out hydrographic surveys in cross tide situations. Used with NMEAPro
III, the multichannel NMEA server from ESL, Portable Navigator IV can log position and up to 10 auxiliary NMEA fields from up to 5 NMEA sentences on any combination of 4 different COM ports providing you with a programmable MUX facility
NEW for 2009
The Express version of Portable Navigator AIS was designed as a low cost
solution for users who want the navigation and display facilities of Portable
Navigator AIS without all the complex hydrographical data logging capabilities
it provides. Portable Navigator AIS Express has all the AIS display and
logging capabilities of the full PN Survey product at a fraction of the price.
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