Navionics -
Published May 20, 2009

Wareham, Mass. - Navionics, the leader in electronic charting and
digital navigation data, is pleased to announce that Lowrance's latest
HDS software update # 2.0.30.50 now fully supports Navionics complete
cartography library up to and including HotMaps Platinum and Platinum+.


Navionics software, embedded in new Lowrance HDS units, is specifically
designed to fully exploit the capabilities of the latest HotMaps
Platinum and Platinum+ cartography. The Lowrance HDS series, powered by
Navionics, dramatically increases the functionality and display
capabilities of the HDS series by leveraging Navionics marine charts
and lake maps to provide boaters with the ultimate High Definition
Bathy and 3-D charting experience.


Navionics exclusive charting engine delivers seamless, fluid pan and
zoom, rotation and pitch functionality, much like a flight simulator,
as well as seamless transition between 2D and 3D views, real-time
overlay of navigation data on 3D profiles, depth and elevation
shadowing, and high-speed fly-through with detailed aerial photo
overlay. Benefits include improved situational awareness, improved
depth perception in both 2D and 3D views, and integrated panning and
zooming functions with detailed top-down aerial photos.


Navionics Platinum+ marine charts and HotMaps Platinum lake maps
provide users a wealth of sophisticated features including 3-D
bathymetric views and aerial port photography, marinas and other points
of interest. In addition, HotMaps Platinum lake maps offer users
detailed charts of over 14,000 North American lakes and our exclusive
surveys and high-resolution 3-D map views of over 700 top U.S.
tournament lakes and waters.


Navionics has embedded a proprietary charting engine in the latest
software for the Lowrance HDS series, said Bill Eastwood, Global
Product Manager at Navionics. With Navionics inside controlling
charting operations, the HDS plotter offers users an entirely new way
to experience bathymetric, top-down, 3-D and other exclusive Navionics
data.


Visit your dealer for a demonstration of Navionics charting and
Lowrance HDS. Contact us at sales@navionics.com for more information.
Or visit our website: www.navionics.com for more information.


Download Lowrance HDS update # 2.0.30.50 including a full, working
Navionics Platinum+ demonstration of the San Francisco, Golden Gate
area at www.lowrance.com/en/Downloads/Product-Software-Updates/.


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