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PolarView version 3.0.6 incorporates download and display of sQuidd.io POI. sQuidd.io is a crowdsourced database of marinas, anchorages and other POI of interest to boaters.
No additional subscription is required to download and access this data. Article with instructions to download and access POI has been updated to reflect this new feature:
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
If you look at the copy of the original chart here: you can see that the area is overlaid with a chart inset of a different area. That inset is shown in its correct location (seen as 11312_2 in the chart list). The area of inset is rendered in white because that is what the chart data contains.
BSB charts do not have an option of "cutting out a hole" in the coverage. So, the only w
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
Version 3.0.6 released today includes access to points of interest from the sQuidd.io database.
sQuidd.io is a community database of points of interest under the terms of "Creative Commons Attribution and Share-alike License". For additional information on the data please see
by Polar Navy Support
- Announcements
Update - squidd.io initial integration has been release in PolarView 3.0.6
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
- What operating system are you using?
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
I've contacted squidd.io about possibility of integrating their data - will report here if there is a reply from them.
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
Fixed the link, thanks.
squidd.io seems interesting. I was not able to find a reference to the POI API, however. That said, provided they have one and access is permitted by 3rd party users - it should be possible to build a direct download into PolarView.
If you have a link to their POI description - please let me know.
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
POI data is uploaded into PolarView in XML format. Here are the links:
By licensing agreement POI that were provided to PolarView users by ActiveCaptain cannot be shared or moved from one computer to another. So, even if someone has a copy (a number of users do), it can't be transferred either legally or technically.
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
PolarView POI API and data format is open, and documentation has been posted online (I'll provide links if there is interest). Anyone can build a POI database and upload it for display in PolarView. As such, technically, you are welcome to create and use your own POI data.
On the other hand, the AC data is licensed per client product to a specific business or entity. That is to say, normally
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
PolarView version 2.0 used activation codes, with each activation specific to a combination of hardware and operating system. Replacing operating system resulted in a new installation that required a new activation.
Version 2.0 has been discontinued for several years and activation codes are no longer available.
Current version 3.0 uses account-based licensing that is not specific to a com
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
Waypoint visibility is toggled by tag. In the Route & Waypoint manager, Waypoints panel double click on any tag (name in the list on the left hand side) to toggle its visibility. Tags that are visible will have an arrow (">" on the left hand side of their name. Any waypoints found under that tag will be toggled visible or hidden on the map.
Note that waypoints stored under mult
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
NMEA delivered over UDP does not have a concept of "baud rate", as it is not a serial connection. In practical terms, NMEA over UDP is not a standard either, but rather a "common sense" application that is often supported by various vendors in an informal manner.
From the screen capture it appears that many of the NMEA messages are split into several pieces (i.e. a single
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
UK charts downloaded in PolarView can only be used with PolarView. UKHO licenses their products to specific manufacturers, and licenses cannot be ported between products.
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
There are two license options:
1. NOAA (or UK) chart downloads - these are for a period of 1 year. As a courtesy, chart download license also includes product use for the same period of time.
2. PolarView use license. This is an open-ended product license. Once purchased, it does not expire. This license also includes US chart downloads for a period of 1 year. After the initial period, user
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
There are two separate issues:
1. Access to UK & Ireland charts downloads has always been for a period of 1 year from the purchase of such access. This is due to the UKHO licensing requirements. This has not changed in any version of PolarView.
2. Any downloaded charts, including encrypted charts such as UK & Ireland, continue to be available on the system on which they were instal
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
1. Make sure you follow instructions in this article to configure the GPS serial port:
2. Once GPS is configured and connected, ensure that port status is "Running"
3. Check NMEA Terminal - if port is configured correctly, you should see NMEA sentences scrolling in the terminal window.
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
If you downloaded charts directly from NOAA, you do not need to use built-in PolarView download.
To add charts use option "Add Directory" in the charts panel of the Chart Manager.
Please keep in mind that PolarView adds charts "in place" - do not move or delete charts once they have been added to PolarView.
For further information please see PolarView user guide sectio
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
Activated copies of PolarView cannot be transfered to another sustem.
If you upgrade to current version, you will need to order an appropriate license or subscription.
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
Yes, the arrival mode and distance is set in the "Alarms & Settings". "Arrival" status is first and foremost an alarm and only in some circumstances (exporting data to A/P) causes additional actions to be taken - hence its location in the alarm settings panel.
Note that you can select one of several modes of action upon arrival.
- In "automatic" mode next ro
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
Although discussing CE is off topic here, I would urge you to read the following thread:
In particular, note the following reply from CE developers: "There is no relationship between the arrival circle radius and XTE. There is also nothing, aside from XTE precision in the Autopilot options, you can set (or would be possible to set) in Coastal Explorer that will impact how your autopilot
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
Specifically to the question - upon "arrival" to the current route point, the next waypoint will be sent to the autopilot. This will happen when user selected arrival option is reached.
- In a circle/distance mode, "arrival" will be declared when vessel crosses a circle of specified radius around the route point (this circle is also shown on the screen)
- In a "perpend
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
There is no way to control the turn radius, nor is it really possible with the way autopilots operate.
NMEA0183 autopilot message allows external device to provide currently desired course (and, potentially, how far off track the vessel is). It is up to the autopilot to maintain this course. There is no provision to control the exact track taken - and trying to do so by adjusting courses repeat
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
The file extension .CAP suggests that these are BSBv4 (encrypted) charts. By convention, BSBv3 files use extension .KAP.
To install these charts you need to obtain appropriate keys, and follow installation process for BSBv4, as outlined in an article on this site.
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
I was not aware that CHS now provides their charts in an unencrypted format - good news, if true.
- After you add chart directory in Chart Manager - do you see these charts listed in Chart Manager->Charts tab?
- Could you please post a screen capture showing your Chart Manager->Charts tab with these charts in the view.
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
That, unfortunately, is my fear as well.
So far no good news to report, but we shall keep up the hope.
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
There is another dialog - a common Windows "OK/Cancel" popup, that is displayed in this situation. It should be on top of the main information dialog. As the screen capture shows, it has been moved into background and not visible, however it still maintains the focus of the input.
This is, unfortunately, a "feature" of a UI toolkit we are using. If this happens again, you
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
The hang up occurs because an error dialog box may occasionally be placed behind the download dialog (most often it will originally appear on top, but move below if user clicks on the dialog). You can find the error dialog box by moving windows aside, and close it - at which point PolarView will continue working. However, that does not address the core issue of connectivity.
The error suggests
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
As I understand it, Apple is discontinuing support for 32 bit applications in the Mac Appstore and adding warnings for the existing applications. It sounds like 32 bit applications that are available directly from developers are not imminently in danger.
Since making 64 bit version available provides no benefit to our product users, nor any additional features or improvements to the applicatio
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
Could you please do the following (requires screen shots, assumes you are using Windows version):
1. In the Chart Download dialog select a specific single chart from the "Polar Navy" list, (let's say GB400737)
Take a screen capture of the entire Chart Manager at this point (including the download directory) and attach here.
If the complete name of the download directory is not v
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
As an update, current (April) data set from UKHO does not include chart GB40864B either.
The following are the charts with similar names that are included:
GB40862A Approaches to Porthcawl
GB40862B Swansea Bay
GB40863A England - West Coast - River Severn - Avonmouth to Sharpness & Hock Cliff
GB40864A Barry and Cardiff Road and Approaches
by Polar Navy Support
- PolarView NS
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