Why is NT+ The Right Choice For Me? Vastly Expanded Coverage: Important advances in technology now permit C-Map to offer significantly increased coverage areas without sacrificing compatibility or performance with current C-Card based navigating systems. This has, in turn, resulted in more coverage at a much lower cost! Extra Information Not Found On Official Government Charts: True Colour NavAids - Extensive NavAid information, allowing for on-screen display in true shapes and colours. Port Info™ - Complete and detailed databases of port facilities, services and contact information. Tide Info™ - Tidal information for all primary Tidal Stations Worldwide. Secondary tidal stations for the U.S. will be available in some chart plotters in early 2002. Easy-to-read graphs display depth at high and low water for sun-up and sun-down. Tidal predictions make travel planning easier. Improved Chart Display: Paper Chart Appearance - All the advantages of electronic charts with the familiar look of a paper chart. C-Map's experience with professional navigation and highly effective chart display has resulted in a new chart look for NT+. This new look makes creative use of colours, patterns and icons to increase the familiarity and usability of the content-rich NT+ database. New NavAid Symbols and Styles - Depending on navigation situations and mariner's preference, Aids to Navigation can now be configured for three basic styles, including International, United States and Simplified: INTERNATIONAL - NavAids shown in "real life" shapes and colours for quick visual recognition (as per official paper chart presentations). UNITED STATES - NavAids shown in simplified shapes and real colours (as generally found on NOAA paper charts). SIMPLIFIED - NavAids shown in generic symbols for minimum visual clutter on-screen.