"...One very notable difference is the technology in Navsim's products. They use the very latest software development tools from Microsoft, and everything just works so much better on my PC - screen manipulation of charts for example is MUCH faster than any tool I'd used before. Zooming in and out of charts, dragging charts around, rotating them etc iss just much better in this product.
I am also an aviator, and Boat Cruiser 2.0 works well both on the water and in the air! It supports 8 different types of charts, including C-MAP, BSB, S57 and aviation charts as well as the standard BSB charts. It has all sorts of useful route planning features, simulations, tons of options for configuring screen displays, fuel cost analysis for trips based upon fuel burn profiles, and supports a bunch of different input devices beyond just a GPS and Autopilot. Another really awesome feature is the ability to drag and drop any documents on to the charts and annotate the charts with things like photos or cruise notes (which I do with aerial photos).
It really is a stellar product. Navsim has a small, top notch software development team that responds to customer input! Many of the aviation-specific suggestions I submitted actually found their way into the product!
I have shown it to a number of fellow boaters in my marina and many of them have adopted Boat Cruiser as well now.
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| - Steve Webster, Mississauga, Canada |
| Your software gets better by the day. Boatcruiser is so fantastic and so very user friendly. I can easily say that out of all the navigation software that I have tested over the years, yours is by far the easiest to learn. Boatcruiser has features for which many software companies are charging $ 2000 |
| - Captain Andrew St. Germain |
As the Captain of a 30’ cruiser that travels the Great Lakes, I am extremely pleased with the MapCruiser interface.
MapCruiser’s up-to-date GPS interface tools make setting “waypoints”, tracking our cruiser's direction, using speed, bearing and real time locations extremly easy! The ability to right click to bring up the quick selection pie menu is excellent! The facility to pre-enter “go to” Latitude and Longitude waypoints as well as creating Navigation Manager Markers is incredibly helpful.
MapCruiser provides me with exactly what is required to ensure the safety of the crew is not jeopardized. Some of the more important features I value are setting the routes, providing unique markers, setting trajectory and the ability to develop the log to provide the port before we travel is unparalleled with other software! I can develop our travel plan in my living room, print the travel log for friends or provide it to the port before departure, monitor our travel on the way, document our route … and most of all because of these features get back safely! I can’t think of what the software is missing to make water travel SAFER!
In a nutshell, I don’t know how we functioned without it in the past!
Thanks for the developing the product!
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| - Captain, Donald H. Tyers, "nott for saille" Toronto, Canada |
| Hi there,
I just wanted to thank you for time and consideration. I just purchased and downloaded the MapCruiser Prog. online, and let me tell you, the download feature is really cool!, in fact I was considering some other navigation programs but they don't have the download feature like you guys. I needed to have a map/navigation software installed on a client's laptop A.S.A.P. and downloading the full version from the internet was my only option.
Thank you!
By the way, the user interface on this program is awesome, totally blows away the competition. |
| - Art Flores, California |
| The MapCruiser navigation software was one of the easiest software to master. The user friendly pie menus make the task of setting up waypoints and routes a breeze. The configuration for the GPS or DGPS took less than a couple of minutes and I was up and running. The clarity of nautical charts when zooming in was fabulous. The software has a lot of great features which makes GPS navigation fun, be it on land or water. This software is so easy to use that it will have the technical support team waiting for the phone to ring like the May-Tag repair man. |
| - Captain, Andrew St. Germain |
| MapCruiser worked great with my GPS while sailing through the British Virgin Islands in February. Our large scale electronic charts did not arrive in time for the trip, but we managed to navigate using the 1:200,000 small scale charts. I would recommend MapCruiser to any sailor. |
| - Bill Doyle, St. John's, Newfoundland |
| It's nice to finally see a reasonably priced charting program with some pretty advanced features. The quilting of charts alone sets it off from all others at similar prices. Add to that its advanced printing functions, loading of charts in a flash and that it is designed for Windows XP and you have a winner. Well done MapCruiser! |
| - SaltAir, Vancouver B.C. |
| "The NRC is particularly proud and enthusiastic about NavSim Technology Inc. and the software they have developed, because NavSim is the first spin-off from NRC's Institute for Marine Dynamics to have incubated in our facilities in St. John's, Newfoundland." ......."at NRC we want to build on successes like NavSim" |
| - Dr. Arthur Carty, President, National Research Council of Canada |
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