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Title: Contemplating switching over to Maxsea TZ and Windows 7 from MacENC
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I wish I could test it out for you in VMware. Unfortunately I would need to completely remove my current install first (which was 6 DVD's + big updates).

It's too bad there's nothing even close to TZ on Mac OS X. Surely Snow Leopard would be a great platform for building this type of software. I guess the market for nav software is fairly small to begin with.

I haven't decided how Maxsea TZ will interface with our boat. Perhaps a USB/NMEA 0183 multiplexer, or maybe even N2K gear and backbone with something like the Maretron USB100 feeding coveted (old style) NMEA data to the Mini.

The more advanced routing/race-planning features are a separate module. I also still need to test importing GRIBs from another program to see how the software handles it.

TZ seems to do a really good job of pre-buffering (for lack of a better term) surrounding charts and information. I think it will be fast with GPS input because it's updating a point in this buffered 3d space, not re-drawing a chart around a point. I'm purely speculating here. The only input I've had in TZ was the AIS targets from marinetraffic.com.

I received a response from Maxsea regarding the satellite images for Australia:

Quote:Satellite pictures are low resolution pictures and we need to sign a specific agreement with Australian authorities in order to offer high resolution.
(paying).

Quote:We don t have any raster charts for the moment.

Was there any timeline for when the hi-res imagery might be available
for the Australian region?

Quote:Unfortunately not, we are working on extending our coverage but it can takes time before signing agreements.

When a new contract for HR pictures is signed, we inform your local reseller, so he can diffuse the info.
 
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