Overview
            Like its sibling product, Digital Aviator,
            the Digital Mariner is a FREE moving map and route planning software
            application.  It offers a detailed vector-based world map and a GPS
            interface to allow for simple route planning and worldwide enroute progress tracking.
            
            
             
            
            
            Details
            Unlike most marine moving map applications on the market today,
            Digital Mariner provides everything you need for global navigation
            in a single package.  A detailed vector base map with worldwide
            inland waterways and a NMEA 0183 GPS interface are included in this
            FREE application.  You can optionally purchase additional
            data products to enhance your overall situational awareness, but
            you are not obligated to do so in order to download and use the
            Digital Mariner.
            
            
            Our marine navigation database is comprised
            of advanced datasets currently being produced and maintained by the
            United States Military and other participating military organizations
            around the world.  Our marine data products are derived from these
            datasets and specially formatted for use with Digital Mariner.
            These advanced datasets offer mariners the ultimate in situational
            awareness:  the look-and-feel of raster charts, with infinite zoom
            and seamless worldwide coverage found only in vector products.
            The end result is truly a technological advancement over the marine
            data products currently available today.
            
            
            For clients with an investment in older raster-based marine charts,
            the Digital Mariner offers an import facility that can be used with
            Maptech and SoftChart products.  The Digital Mariner's layering
            technology allows advanced vector datasets to be overlaid on legacy
            raster charts and imagery for the ultimate in two-dimensional marine
            situational awareness.
            
            
            Availability
            Due to certain restrictions of the military datasets used by
            Digital Mariner, we are unable to release the product to the general
            public at this time.  Our military sponsors have informed us that
            public availability of this data will be announced by year-end 2000.
            However, because of our active military sponsorship, we have immediate
            access to the data and are working now to package it for sale to our
            future clients.  We are also in the process of remove some of the
            protected data elements, so that we can deliver the
            Digital Mariner with its detailed global base map in the interim.
            
            
            If you are a defense contractor with an active security clearance,
            you may obtain a copy of the Digital Mariner by
            contacting us via email or telephone.