[GPSNavX]

Rich internet clients are all the rages these days - iTunes, iChat for example.

MacENC will also be. The next release of MacENC supports TCP/IP for NMEA data. What does this mean?

- MacENC can be a client to any NMEA stream. For example a public AIS data stream like this one..

telnet://66.235.48.168:3047

Allows AIS targets out of the range of a conventional AIS receiver to be plotted right on the MacENC chart.

OR

Another MacENC NMEA stream.

- MacENC can be a server of its received NMEA stream from traditional NMEA serial devices like GPS, AIS, instruments. Any Mac or PC can listen to the NMEA stream. For example Coastal Explorer on Windows supports NMEA from TCP/IP as does MacENC. So could an iPhone or Pocket PC.

So one could have a Mini down below running MacENC that is the NMEA server and any number of clients can see the NMEA data wirelessly.
This opens up many possibilities.

Stay tuned.