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The new version PC-Navigo 2008 has been released on the 11th of february 2008. Owners of a 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 2006 or 2007 version who wish to update to the new version 2008 may use the orderform or send an email with your name and address, the serial number of your version 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5 or the dongle-ID of your version 4.5 or 2006 or 2007, and the coverage. The price of these updates varies from € 40,00 to € 485,00, depending on the version.

The previous version of PC-Navigo was version 2007. Those who bought a new copy of this version 2007 after october 1st, 2007, will receive the update to version 2008 free of charge. For upgrades (patches) of the first (bêta) versions of PC-Navigo 2007, see the help desk page.

In that version 2008 some substantial improvements have again been accomplished:

• The increased accuracy (100 to 10 meters) has now been implemented throughout all the data of the Western European Waterways;
• After the Dutch and German waterways, the Belgian and French rivers and canals have also been checked and corrected by means of areal photography;
• The "official" distance tables, that kept causing deviations in time calculations, have been totally abandoned and replaced by distance tables that were reconstructed by means of stereophotogammetry. This has eliminated all deviations in distances and the ceonsequent time calculations;
• The ECDIS cartography is now available in SEVEN countries already;
• So called "course-up-rotation" is permitted, allowing navigators to rotate their chart screen in function of the ship's course;
• Many still missing (fixed) bridges (a.o. in France) have been added to the databse.

In version 2007 we already had incorporated some important improvements:

• The accuracy of the network data has been increased: the maximum of a shift, that used to be 100 meter, is now 10 meter;
• The Dutch, German and English waterways have been corrected and checked by means of areal photos;
• Existing flaws in the distance tables have been removed;
• A seperate (optional) module with an Inland ECDIS ( ENC) viewer provides access to professional charts of the waterways authorities;
• A new division of the coverages of the various Europe versions - either continental Western Europe (NL-BE-LU-DE-FR-AT-PL-CZ) or the whole of Europe (Ireland till Russia, Finland till Greece, including the United Kingdom and Ireland) - makes the West-Europe-versions faster and more accessible;
• The zoom settings of PC-Navigo have been greatly improved: a set zoom factor is held until the user changes it.

Since April 2006 PC-Navigo 2006 has been available. Apart from the new waterway data, the new operating schedules and the new maintenance planning, version 2006 also contained improvements in comparison with version 4.5.

Improvements between versions 4.5 and 2006:

• All waterways have been completely updated;
• All operating schemes are now incorporated without any simplifications: even the most elaborate schemes - like the railway bridges - have been inserted completely into PC-Navigo's database;
• Waterways in eastern Europe, of which few reliable data exist, have all been checked against secundary sources, like areal photography, satelite photos and referenced geodata. This has decreased the average position devations dramatically;
• The waterways that still were missing in PC-Navigo 4.5 have ALL been added in 2006: therefore the user can navigate in a lot of new areas, like Sweden, Finland, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Italy and Portugal.
• The interaction with the GPS has been made dynamic: the GPS checks the flow of a journey and proposes changes if the plan begins to deviate from the real progress;
• Pictures of many bridges and locks can be stored in the computer, to get a clear view of the situation near a lock or bridge;
• Not only obstruction messages, but ALL Notices to Skippers can be shown in a "dedicated" way (i.e. depending on the planned voyage);
• Maritime connections have been made possible with most of the European sea ports and with all sea locks and estuaries.

Owners of a 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 2006 or 2007 version who wish to update to the new version 2007 may use the orderform or send an email with your name and address, the serial number of your version 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5 or the dongle-ID of your version 4.5 or 2006 or 2007, and the coverage. The price of these updates varies from € 40,00 to € 485,00, depending on the version.

The next update after PC-Navigo 2007 will appear in April 2008.