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EXPEDITION - Expedition version 4 has been released

Expedition v4 as used by all boats in the Volvo Ocean race has many new features and improvements, including
 

  • Ability to create your own current grib files - for example, of the Gulf Stream for the Bermuda race
  • Customisable toolbar, including option for large buttons
  • Support for AIS receivers
  • Improved Bsb chart handling and improvements to panning
  • New display options, including boat to mark, active leg and whole course
  • New channels, including tidal at mark, wind direction to lay mark
  • Ability to set alternating numbers by Twa or time
  • Ability to route whole fleet from race schedules
  • Mean values on Stripchart
  • NKE instrument support
  • DLL for third party access
  • Improved handling of Ockam auto-cal functions
  • Tacktick auto-wind calibration
  • Enhancements to mark management
  • PDF version of the help documentation available
  • Analysis of Twd and Tws shifts
  • Option of gates at marks
  • Less restrictive licensing scheme
  • Improved communication with Dfw

Miscellaneous other interface and functionality enhancements

This upgrade is free to existing Expedition users, however there will unfortunately be a small price increase to £720, effective from 05 June 2006

Download Version 4

Expedition 3.1 included:

  • Silva FDX processor support, enabling faster communication with Silva NX2 instruments and the ability to send upwash/wind calibration from Expedition.
  • An expanded Saildocs interface for higher resolution and including a rain option.

Expedition v3.1 also features many other enhancements to improve performance and ease of use, largely based on feedback from Expedition users and especially the Volvo Ocean race navigators.

Enhancements in v3.0 included:

  • C-Map compatibility
  • Full integration with Winning Tides
  • Improvements to internal calibrations and access to instrument system calibrations
  • Enhancements to our built in Tidal database (from UKHO and NOAA data)
  • - Improvements to the SailDocs Grib email robot, and the addition of Coamps high resolution grib files
  • Support for ECMWF 's non-standard labelled Grib data - 10m winds, 2m temperatures and MSLP

The animations below are *.wmv files, and are less than 3.5MB

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Expedition with Laylines from boat and mark shown Expedition cross channel routingExpedition tides to zero at shore Expedition Solent c-map tides all attributes on

Expedition possesses all the basic tools of a contemporary computer navigation program, but is much more than a chart plotter.

Expedition has been specifically designed from the ground up to fulfill all the requirements of the modern racing navigator and tactician, whether on deck or in the navigation station, around the buoys or offshore.

Throughout the development process, versatility, ease-of-use, performance and reliability have remained the key goals. New users will find Expeditions Windows-style interface very intuitive and straight forward.

Expedition can easily be connected to OCKAM, TackTick, B&G Hydra/Hercules/H1000, Silva NX2, standard NMEA and user Customisable NMEA systems.

  • View a list of the more important features of Expedition here UPDATED!
  • To download EXPEDITION and check for updates, visit Downloads
  • For a CD-ROM of EXPEDITION please eMail sales with your full contact details or use the request form
  • For a 30 day DEMO license:
    • Download and install Expedition
    • When running Expedition for the first time a code will be Generated
    • eMail sales with this code, and we will respond with a License Code valid for 30 days

  • Full retail price is £720.00 excluding taxes. Included in this price is
    • Expedition software, polar and testing, weather analysis and overlays, wind and current grib file routing, global tidal database
    • PocketExpedition for wireless pocket PC's
    • All functions as described below

For new installs or upgrades, download the Expedition install zip file. If your internet link is slow and you already have Expedition installed on your computer, you may only need to download the update zip files containing just recently updated files, although this is not recommended. Because of some annoying quirks related to the Windows Installer, it is recommended to keep the install package on your computer. Also, it has been noticed that if the install files are encrypted with Windows encryption, you may get an error whilst installing.

  •  The most user friendly system interface available
  •  Includes GRIB routeing, polar management, Tidal databases
  •  Includes Pocket PC application
  •  Data log replay function to review your race

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Competitor Tracking Expedition sailing track Expedition Optimum Route details

Expeditions features include:

  • A chart plotter that seamlessly rotates, mosaics and moves between charts, zooms and centers on or ahead of boat. Expedition supports Maptech Pcx or Bsb charts as well as Softcharts.
  • Full user control over waypoints, marks, laylines, track and race schedule information.
  • Polar functions to output, analyze, create or modify a yacht's polars.
  • Start line and windward/leeward course tactical support tools Instrument input and output functions to exchange any Expedition data with your boat's instrument system, including polars and calibration values.
  • Weather analysis that can overlay functions such as barometric pressure, wind, current and/or sea temperature on to navigational charts
  • Can load multiple GRIB files that Expedition will interpolate between Routing tools to give the most efficient routing, in a simple, easy-to-use interface. (Since inception, this feature has undergone rigorous testing and fine tuning for optimal accuracy)
  • Logging function to record race and weather data that can be replayed or analysed later to assist with instrument calibration or polar study.
  • Schedule tools to track and analyse competitors in offshore racing, including simple handicap support.
  • Stripchart program to graph any instrument function with functionality to easily review past data and save 'tests'.
  • Runs on the Microsoft Windows® operating system PocketPC versions also available Networking (including wireless) support
  • Tide and current information
  • Internet connectivity

For a full list of version 2 features click here

If your getting started have a look at the "how to" movies by clicking here and download the quick reference guide by clicking here

Visit the Expedition website

Read more about Expedition courtesy of www.BangTheCorner.com::::here 

To compare expedition with other software solutions click here
To purchase expedition software by itself or as part of a kit please contact +44(0)1635231023 or email sales@marinevision.co.uk