What's new in PolarView NS 3.0.8
Feb 9, 2019
New in PolarView NS 3.0.7 (Nov 28, 2018)
New in PolarView NS 3.0.5 (Jul 3, 2018)
- ActiveCaptain download discontinued
- Bug fixes
- NOTE: PowerPC support is still available, but may be removed in future versions
New in PolarView NS 3.0.4 (Oct 16, 2017)
- Update to restore ActiveCaptain download access
- Bug fixes
New in PolarView NS 3.0.2 (Aug 16, 2016)
- Bug fixes and updates.
- Users may need to reauthenticate at product startup.
New in PolarView NS 3.0.1 (Jun 2, 2016)
- Updated licensing to conform to data source requirements.
New in PolarView NS 3.0.0 (May 30, 2016)
- PolarView NS is free. Functionality including route and waypoint editing and management, live navigation, AIS display and instrumentation no longer requires a license.
- Optional online services, including chart downloads, GRIB downloads and POI (ActiveCaptain) update requires a Polar Navy account and a fee to access.
New in PolarView NS 2.0.7 (Jan 15, 2016)
- Improve reliability of chart downloads
New in PolarView NS 2.0.6 (Dec 15, 2015)
- Better handling of Windows upgrade licensing for new installations
- Bug fixes and general housekeeping
New in PolarView NS 2.0.5 (Dec 15, 2015)
- Fix for ActiveCaptain large data set downloads and review display
- Bug fixes and general housekeeping
New in PolarView NS 2.0.4 (Dec 15, 2015)
- GRIB viewer updates, including on-screen GRIB time slice control
- New GRIB data models: GFS and NWW3 at 0.5 degrees, and combined GFS & NWW3 model including all data (wind, waves, pressure, precipitation)
- Switch active route by Shift-clicking on it in a chart view
- Import routes and waypoints from GPX/CSV as visible
- Bug fixes and general housekeeping
New in PolarView NS 2.0.3 (Dec 15, 2015)
- Updates to support changes in ActiveCaptain data
- Quick routes saved between PolarView restarts
- Exit on closing main window under MS Windows restored
- Bug fixes and general housekeeping
New in PolarView NS 2.0 (Dec 15, 2015)
- Instrumentation, alarm and NMEA multiplexor functionality from PolarCOM is now included in PolarView. PolarCOM has been retired. We thank PolarCOM for its faithful service!
- Bug fixes and general housekeeping
New in PolarView NS 1.7.0 (Sep 26, 2011)
- Integrated ordering and download of world-wide cartography from ChartWorld
- Integrated download of USACE inland vector charts
- Export chart view to PDF document or image, in lieu of printing
- Manage and sort charts as packages
- Numerous miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements
New in PolarView NS 1.5.0 (Mar 17, 2011)
- New on-screen touch friendly UI
- Improved route and waypoint edit controls
- Improved “zoom” using mousewheel or slider
- ActiveCaptain POI integration
- Re-designed and improved ENC chart information presentation
- Ability to upload waypoints over NMEA link to GPS/chartplotter
- Improvements in ENC rendering
- Tighter integration with PolarCOM, to control instrument windows from on-screen UI
- “Man Overboard” on-screen button
- “Set anchor” on-screen button
- Tide station info directly on a chart view
- Numerous miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements
New in PolarView NS 1.3.0 (Mar 16, 2010)
- AIS target display (rendered to scale), with heading and course, dangerous target marking
- AIS vessel list for direct search/information access
- Improved quality of raster chart rendering and scaling
- New Traditional color scheme for vector chart rendering
- Position/bearing/distance to cursor, scale/chart orientation as overlay on the map
- Rendering own ship to scale
- Arrival circle around next waypoint in navigated route
- Improved support for S57 chart rendering including new navaid symbols.
- Sounding decluttering and adjustable font size
- Better support for international charts and multiple other improvements.
- 0.5 degree resolution GFS grib data added to download options.
New in PolarView NS 1.2.0 (Jan 21, 2010)
- Display bearing and distance on each leg of current and navigation route
- Route reverse option
- Improved vessel marking when anchor alarm is set
- Better track handling (including distance and time calculation)
- Numerous improvements to ENC chart scaling and rendering
- Better support for Windows 7 (64 bit)
New in PolarView NS 1.1.0 (Dec 17, 2009)
- Tides & Currents (graphic/text display, TCD constituents database)
- GRIB wave direction display
- Improvements to ENC chart display and scaling, incorporating some user feedback.
New in PolarView NS 0.7.104 (Aug 13, 2009)
- Built-in GRIB download service
- Graphical on-chart GRIB download area selector
- GRIB data extracted from NOAA NCEP GFS and NWW3 models
New in PolarView NS 0.7 (Jul 29, 2009)
- BSB raster chart support (including quilting)
- Individual chart cell on/off control
New in PolarView NS 0.6.154 (Jun 26, 2009)
- Improved GRIB support
- Isobaric pressure
- Wave height area contours
- Direct wind/wave/pressure/temperature query
New in PolarView NS 0.6 (May 26, 2009)
- Support for routes and waypoints (manager, visual editing)
- Great circle or rhumb line routing
- Distance/bearing measurement in true or magnetic degrees
- Import/export route and waypoint data to GPX and CSV files
- Improved chart scaling
- Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) compatibility restored
- Various fixes to rendering, GRIB handling and others
New in PolarView NS 0.5.510 (Mar 19, 2009)
- Support for S63 ENC chart viewing (operational with www.ChartWorld.com)
- Day and Night color schemes.
- Modifications to chart loading and rendering to improve process response.
- Clean up, bug fixes.