Polar View 0.5

Polar View 0.5 offers you an effective cross platform ENC chart viewer. It supports ENC charts in S57 format (available from NOAA) as well as world wide standard S63 vector charts. It supports GRIB weather data (wind and pressure). World basemap is included.

PolarView is an efficient, user friendly marine navigation chart planner and GRIB weather viewer. Available for Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and Linux systems, it provides consistent user experience with native interface look and feel. Best of all, it's free!

Major Features:

1. A full-featured viewer for S57 and S63 vector ENC charts and BSB raster charts
2. Complete passage planning with on-chart visual editing of waypoints and routes
3. Compatible with all major navigation and GPS software through industry standard GPX data files
4. A full featured GRIB weather viewer (Isobaric pressure/wave/wind)
5. Built-in free download of GRIB data using NOAA NCEP GFS and NWW3 models
6. Built-in vector world base map
7. High quality fast graphics in "day" and "night" modes
8. Object information linked to Google Maps location with a single click

Requirements: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Intel