New features make Waterproof Chartbooks easy to use with your GPS. Most charts include one-minute lat./long. grids to make vessel positioning a breeze, and major navigation aids are identified with named GPS waypoints.

Waterproof Chartbooks include small-scale, wide area charts as well as large-scale, detailed charts of harbors and approaches. The Chart Page Index (on the front cover) and "Go-To" page numbers make it simple to quickly find the chart you want.

Maptech's navigation editors add magnetic courses between major navigation aids with distances in nautical miles. Chartbooks are also designed to help you do the calculations yourself. Each page includes a Compass Rose with annual increase in variation and complete scale information.

Waterproof Chartbooks have a durable plastic binding and are printed on high-quality, waterproof, tear-resistant paper. Chart images are crisp and easy-to-read. They can handle just about any conditions you'll find on the water - yes, that includes a spilled drink or two!

The extensive coverage in just one Maptech Waterproof Chartbook will save you money compared to the cost of multiple paper charts covering the same area. (The price of a Waterproof Chartbook starts at $49.95. The cost of the government charts needed to cover a similar area would be over $200.)

It's all here...digital charts and the software tools to use them. And the great thing is the digital charts are the same identical charts with GPS waypoints and course lines - just like in the Chartbooks.

Chartbook Companion CDs include "Offshore Navigator Lite" navigation software. Click your mouse to put a waypoint on a chart. Click again, and you're creating a route. It's that easy. Distances, bearings and GPS positions are calculated and displayed instantly.

Print your own customized GPS waypoints, route plans and chart segments on color or black and white printers.

Connect a GPS to your laptop and see your real-time position on the computer screen. Real-time positioning requires connecting an industry-standard NMEA 0183 GPS to your PC.

Starting in 2005, most Maptech Waterproof Chartbooks and ChartKit books include a Chartbook Companion CD for the same region - Another Maptech Exclusive!