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* Interactive route and track designer | * Interactive route and track designer | ||
* Great circle and rhumb lines calculation (Leg calculator) | * Great circle and rhumb lines calculation (Leg calculator) | ||
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* Track animation | * Track animation | ||
* Polar chart creation and edition | * Polar chart creation and edition | ||
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* Regatta host with embedded webserver and iphone client | * Regatta host with embedded webserver and iphone client | ||
* 3D views (using OpenGL) | * 3D views (using OpenGL) | ||
| + | * Compatible with Virtual Regatta and VORG games. | ||
* All data files in text format | * All data files in text format | ||
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| + | == System requirements == | ||
The software is available for Windows PCs ( XP, 2000, 2003, Vista, Windows 7 ) | The software is available for Windows PCs ( XP, 2000, 2003, Vista, Windows 7 ) | ||
with a minimum of 1 GB memory. Also works on Pentium Macs using Windows emulation | with a minimum of 1 GB memory. Also works on Pentium Macs using Windows emulation | ||
| − | software (like Parallels) and Linux PCs | + | software (like Parallels) and Linux PCs with Wine. |
Latest revision as of 15:04, 31 May 2012
VRTool is a program to help you plan sail boat routes. The focus is on boat and wind data visualization and track calculations.
- Interactive route and track designer
- Great circle and rhumb lines calculation (Leg calculator)
- Wind forecasts download and visualization tools (NOAA GFS winds)
- Track animation
- Polar chart creation and edition
- Weather routing (track optimization)
- Regatta host with embedded webserver and iphone client
- 3D views (using OpenGL)
- Compatible with Virtual Regatta and VORG games.
- All data files in text format
System requirements
The software is available for Windows PCs ( XP, 2000, 2003, Vista, Windows 7 ) with a minimum of 1 GB memory. Also works on Pentium Macs using Windows emulation software (like Parallels) and Linux PCs with Wine.
