WinGPS 4-series: GPS-Navigation for Yachtsmen !

Stentec Software presents the WinGPS 4-series, a new line of GPS navigational software for beginners as well as for professional yachtsmen. (for Laptop, PC, PDA or handheld).

Why is WinGPS 4 series the ideal solution for yachtsmen ?

• Is capable of reading all the ANWB river charts!
• Optimally working with Stentec's DKW 1800-series, 2-weekly BaZ Update service and Navkom open water charts (e.g. German bight).
• With the same chart set you can navigate on your PDA using Windows Mobile.
• You can make your own digital charts using DKWBuiler(lite).
• Thanks to DKW2 technology it even runs on a Pentium2 notebook with 68MB RAM.
• English, easy to use and very reliable!

WinGPS 4-series include the following programs:

• WinGPS 4 Navigator - This version includes planning routes, Logbook, wind vector and GRIBfiles.

• WinGPS 4 Pro - Very professional program using NMEA-instruments eg. AP and AIS. Specially designed to prevent collisions. By using the rotating charts a good option for motorboat- and barge skippers.

• WinGPS 4 Voyager - The new professional interactive passage planner for yachtsmen and motorboat skippers sailing on open water. This program is using the polar diagram during navigating, therefor very handy for cruising and racing. This means safety when you are sailing and advantage when racing!

• WinGPS 4 Mobile Navigator - Pocket/Handheld PC version for routes, logbook and windvector.

• DKW Builder - With this program you scan and calibrate bigger format sea charts. With WinGPS 4 you can update your own charts.

WinGPS 4 Freeware:

You can download this software from our GPS-freeware page for free. This is a good way to get knowledge and start using our software, by for instance start scanning charts with our DKW Builder Lite, installing these charts with our DKW Manager and start navigating with WinGPS 4 Lite on your PC or Laptop or start using WinGPS 4 Mobile Lite on your PDA.

• DKW Builder Lite - Freeware in which you can calibrate an A4-sized scanned chart. Map edges can be cut by using polygoon clipping. Will also work with Google Earth screenshots.
• DKW2 Manager - Freeware for managing your DKW2 charts. To install DKW2, BSB, NV-digital and DKW1 (WinGPS Pro 3) charts. Uninstall, update your BaZ for DKW1800-series and Active-sync DKW2 charts to your PDA.
• WinGPS 4 Lite (4L) (including demo charts) - PC freeware for navigatyion, position fix, course, speed and routes on your charts set.
• WinGPS 4.1 Mobile Lite - PocketPC freeware for a position fix course, speed and routes.
• WinGPS 4A en WinGPS 4MA - Speciale ANWB sets of WinGPS 4L and 4 Mobile which you can find on the ANWB/VVV CD's of the North Netherlands, West Netherlands and the Dutch big rivers. You can only use the ANWB charts.
• Use Freeware Downloads in this site.

WinGPS 4 characteristics:

• User friendly. All installed charts are shown without borders. You don't have to remember numbers or names. Just zoom-in and out and you have the most optimum charts on your screen.
• Highest precision for Mercator projection (Nautical charts, 1800 series) as well as Rijks Driehoek charts (e.g. ANWB digital charts). Also (Universal) Transversaal Mercator charts are supported (UTM).
• Optimized for Stentec DKW with BaZ Update Service, Maptech, BSB, NV-Verlag, DKW2 and scanned charts using DKW Builder.
• Supporting Stentec's new DKW2 format. A fast and compact hybrid format which will give you the best out the raster (bitmap) charts, and is prepared for vector information e.g. buoy positions, depths, lanes, so that intelligent possibilities can be used.
• Reliable and robust. Malfunction of the power supply or GPS the data loss is minimum because all data is saved automaticly.
• Support all GPS with a NMEA-183 protocol.
• Is secured for unautorized use by means of a product activation code.