NORTHPORT SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF NEW
FUGAWI MARINE ENC VERSION 4.10 WITH NAVIONICS® SUPPORT

Navigation Software Leader Ships New Software with Support for
Award-Winning Charts


TORONTO, Canada - Northport Systems, Inc., a leader in GPS mapping
software and innovative GPS applications, announced today the
availability of its new Fugawi Marine ENC™ version 4.10 software.
Among the exciting enhancements to its feature set, the Fugawi software

now offers full compatibility with award-winning Navionics® Gold+,
Gold, Silver, and HotMaps® charts. This new functionality allows
boaters to use a PC at the helm or below deck for planning, navigating,

and monitoring their passage using the identical, industry-leading
cartography that they have installed in their Navionics supported
chartplotter.


Designed for boaters who enjoy the flexibility of PC-based marine
charting, Fugawi Marine ENC with Navionics support can be used as a
primary navigation system or as a feature rich, but inexpensive,
secondary navigation station below deck. Any boater who currently owns
Navionics Gold+, Gold, Silver or HotMaps charts on Secure Digital (SD)
or Compact Flash (CF) cards can utilize their existing charts in Fugawi

Marine ENC version 4.10 using a Navionics Multi Card Reader.


Once accessed through the powerful Fugawi Marine ENC interface,
Navionics charts can be enhanced with a wealth of additional
information. Enhancements to the Navionics data include: Fugawi Street
Overlay™ of the USA which adds detailed street data to the Navionics
chart; stunning 3D visualization of Navionics Gold charts, an added
layer of millions of land place-names, as well as an added layer of
over 25,000 marine services from the integrated MPC Boaters Directory
of the USA. These overlays further enhance Navionics charts by making
it easier for boaters to reference their position with 3D views,
detailed streets, and on-shore businesses and landmarks. Fugawi Marine
ENC users will also benefit from support for tides and currents display

when using Navionics charts.


"Northport is very excited to offer boaters worldwide chart coverage
using Navionics award-winning cartography," said Robin Martel,
president of Northport Systems. "With the addition of Navionics
support, we have solved the problem of a single chart standard; users
can now access charts for almost anywhere in the world from a single
source - rather than dealing with a multitude of chart suppliers and
chart formats."


"Navionics is very pleased to have our cartography available to
boaters who use PC-based systems," said Bob Moshiri, vice president
of sales and marketing, Navionics. "With the powerful Fugawi Marine
ENC platform, boaters who prefer using the PC as their primary
navigation system or as a back-up to a dedicated chartplotter can
benefit from Navionics' unrivaled accuracy, clarity and chart
detail."


In addition to support for Navionics charts, the powerful Fugawi Marine

ENC software includes a number of unique and innovative features such
as 3D chart visualization, GRIB weather overlays, an intuitive Chart
Management Wizard and Automatic Identification System (AIS) support.
The U.S. version of Fugawi Marine ENC includes over 500 NOAA ENC®
coastal water vector charts, over 1000 NOAA RNC™ coastal water raster

charts, and over 60 iENC inland waterway vector charts. It also
supports traditional BSB 4 or earlier charts from MAPTECH® and NDI
Digital Ocean®, as well as Softchart, USGS air photos, and even
user-scanned paper charts. Whether used as a primary charting solution
or as a secondary backup, Fugawi Marine ENC continues to deliver the
navigation features boaters need at an unbeatable price.


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About Northport Systems, Inc.:
Established in 1995 in Toronto, Canada, Northport Systems, Inc. now
supplies products to over 130 countries. Northport enjoys a worldwide
reputation as a leader in GPS mapping software and innovative GPS
applications. www.fugawi.com.


About Navionics:
Navionics is based in Viareggio, Italy, and operates sales and
manufacturing facilities in seven countries conducting research &
development, operations, production, sales & marketing and
distribution. Navionics headquarters in Viareggio, Italy serves Europe,

Africa, Asia and Oceania, and manages the R&D and production facilities

globally. Navionics US headquarters, based in Wareham, Massachusetts,
oversees the Americas. Navionics offices in Australia, France the UK
and the Benelux provide sales and distribution to their local regions.
For over 20 years, Navionics has developed and manufactured electronic
navigation charts and systems for marine, inland lakes & rivers and
outdoors use.