Rose Point ECS improves operational efficiency, situational awareness, and decision making with straightforward, uncluttered displays and controls that provide instant access to the information you need to navigate safely. The software includes more than 30 features not found in Coastal Explorer. These features are specifically designed for commercial vessel operators.

Rose Point ECS is available now. For pricing and other information, please contact sales@rosepointnav.com or call 425-605-0985.

CUSTOMIZATION

Rose Point ECS can be configured to work the way you want it to, including special support for operators that would like a consistent interface with custom options on their entire fleet.

Fully Customizable Instrument Panel Everything from course over ground to lateral slide can be displayed in digital or graphical formats.
Custom Screen Layouts can be created and easily recalled for specific scenarios such as coastal navigation, offshore navigation, docking, etc.
User Roles and Privileges can be established to restrict access to some features to certain personnel.
Fleet-Wide Defaults for most program options can be pre-configured for a consistent setup on all your vessels.

PLANNING

Of course Rose Point ECS lets you plan an unlimited number of routes and waypoints, provides for boundary areas with speed limit alarms, and includes many other planning and drawing tools. Only Rose Point ECS lets you organize those routes and marks into Voyage Plan Documents which are easily archived, printed, shared, and transferred between PCs.

Unlimited Routes and Waypoints
Boundary Areas with Optional Speed Limits
ETA Calculator
Route Obstacle Checking

NAVIGATION

When underway, Rose Point ECS provides you with the information you need with a quick glance at its clear, customizable displays and logical controls.

The Rate of Turn Course Predictor helps reduce over steering by indicating where the vessel will be in the future based on the current speed and rate of turn.
A boat and its tow can be shown to scale for an accurate depiction of the vessel size and shape when zoomed in on the chart.
Passing Point Predictors indicate where you will meet other vessels in confined waterways, even around bends in a river.
The Voyage Recorder records all navigation data as well as radar, sounder, and video images for playback at a later time.
Advanced AIS Support includes Class-B target filtering, closest point of approach calculations and alarms, AIS vessel track saving and various configurable nearby vessel displays.

CHART COMPATIBILITY

Rose Point ECS can use the official NOAA ENC® and NOAA RNC® directly; there is no need to purchase US charts in a proprietary format. Rose Point ECS even makes it easy to download and install these free charts. Official worldwide charts are available for purchase from Admiralty Digital Services and ChartWorld.

NOAA ENC®
NOAA RNC®
USACE IENC
S-57 ENC (including S-63 encrypted)
Maptech BSB (raster nautical charts)
Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS)
ChartWorld ENCs

CHART OVERLAYS

It takes more than just charts to plan a safe and efficient voyage. Rose Point ECS provides tightly integrated, easy to use, and completely searchable supplementary navigation information including:

US Port Facilities
US Coast Pilot®
International Sailing Directions
Tide and Current Predictions
Weather Forecasts
River Mile Markers
Gulf of Mexico Lease Block Boundaries
Worldwide Gazetteer

SENSOR COMPATIBILITY

NMEA 0183 / IEC 61162
NMEA 2000 available
GPS, Depth, Speed, Wind, AIS, Heading, etc.
Configurable port priorities.
Sensor offsets for accurate vessel positioning
Video Cameras
Radar overlay option using Rose Point radar scanners

Pilot Add-on

This Free Add-on feature can be downloaded from the Rose Point Website. A graphic window displays key navigation information, the window can be re-sized for easy viewing at a distance. The information displayed includes:

Course Over Ground (COG)
Speed Over Ground (SOG)
Heading
Graphical Cross Track Display