1.2.0 2007-04-20
- Opencpn was built with the following objectives in mind.
- Intended use as primary navigation interface for vessels with full-time helm-visible navigational suites.
- Other tools may be better for offline route planning, tide and current prediction, online logging, etc.
- Quick startup and shutdown.
- Those and only those toolbar buttons really needed for daily operation.
- Portability, thus wxWidgets core components. Currently tested and in production use on W98, XP, and Linux.
- Conventional ( i.e. popular and modern ) chart format support. In the real world, this means BSB format raster
- charts, and S57ENC format vector charts.
1.2.2 2008-01-02
- Improved AIS symbology and diagnostics, including RateOfTurn indication.
- Improved toolbar icon symbology, supporting day/dusk/dark color schemes.
- Rationalized home directory selection for Windows, allowing program installation in arbitrary directory/folder.
- Improved accuaracy of Great Circle distance/bearing calculations.
- Optional Depth Units displayable on chart as embossed character image.
- Ownship position indicator on thumbnail charts accurately follow true GPS position.
1.2.4 2008-04-20
- Configure/build modifications for Unicode systems, especially Ubuntu.
- Added Route and Mark property sheets.
- Improved S57 ENC symbology.
1.2.6 2008-08-31
This is a maintenance and feature update release,
- containing some S57 ENC symbology improvements,
- greater compliance with IHO S52 standards,
- and various enhancements and bug fixes.
- Especially interesting are the DUSK and NIGHT display modes, for which user feedback is highly desired…
1.2.8 2008-12-25
Mac OS X Support, including installable application bundle (OpenCPN.dmg),
- GNU/gcc compatible system build files, and XCode project files.
- Garmin USB GPS device support for Windows platforms.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and user optimizations.
1.3.0 2009-05-09
- CM93 worldwide vector chart support, with automatic chart scaling.
- Improved AIS target tracking with configurable CPA/collision warning options.
- GPX compatible waypoint and route exporting tools.
- Configurable range rings centered on ownship position.
- And, as usual, miscellaneous bug fixes and user optimizations.
1.3.2 2009-07-11
- Improved AIS target depiction and collision detection alerts.
- Hot keys and scroll mouse support.
- Help File.
- Various display speed and quality optimizations, especially for CM93 charts.
1.3.4 2009-10-01
- Ship's position tracking function, with GPX export and import.
- Enhanced icons and screen graphics, for improved visibility.
- Import and export of Routes using GPX interface protocol.
- Implement CM93 vector chart detail control slider.
- Assorted usability and reliability improvements.
1.3.6 2010-01-07
- Add basic GRIB file decoding and chart overlay display.
- Improve and expand NMEA message type support.
- Improved documentation.
- Add modular international language support.
- Assorted usability and reliability improvements.
2.1.0 2010-06-26
- BSBv3 raster and S57 ENC chart support.
- CM93 vector chart support.
- IHO S52 compliant display of S57 vector charts.
- Single-chart and Quilted display modes.
- North-up and Course-up display modes.
- Moving-map display mode.
- Route navigation with ship tracking functions.
- Waypoint navigation.
- NMEA 0183 GPS interface at selectable baud rate.
- gpsd library support.
- Autopilot output support.
- AIS input with full target tracking and collision alerting.
- Anchor watch/alarm functions.
- GRIB file input and display for weather forecasting.
- GPX Waypoint and Route input and output file support.
- Tide and Current prediction and display by location.
- Multi-language support.
- linux and Windows compatible.
2.3.0 2010-12-18
- Integrated PlugIn architecture, allowing third-party development and deployment of auxiliary features.
- Two useful PlugIns available immediately
- Graphical overlay of GRIB (weather)file data
- Dashboard for configurable on-screen display of ship's NMEA data.
- Enhanced Route, Track, and Waypoint management functions by selectable dialog.
- Many new languages added to basic package, including Portuguese, Estonian, Greek, Turkish, Finnish, Norwegian, etc.
- Support Garmin Host mode Route and Waypoint interchange and upload to remote GPS receivers.
- Advanced internationalized Windows Program Installer.
- Full support for North-up and Course-Up display of all chart types.
- Expanded AIS target message decoding to include European Inland AIS specifications.
- AIS Target List Dialog, allowing easy selection and monitoring of all active AIS targets.
- Many, many improvements in the basic User Interface, while maintaining the ease-of-use that.
2.3.1 2010-12-31
- Correct logic regarding ownship AIS messages (AIVDO)
- Correct fault closing AIStarget list with target query dialog open (FS#310)
- Correct occasional geolocation problem with routes on BSB chart switch.
- Improve Toolbar refresh logic.
- Increase maximum chart stack size from 20 to 30. (FS#316)
- Correct GoTo waypoint and subsequent route delete logic. (FS#244)
- Various language file updates.
- Correct Depth unit display for quilted charts, with non-english language setting.
- Correct Win7 Garmin USB Device interface reset in User Mode.
- Correct Windows vc redistributable installation command in NSIS script.
2.5.0 2011-07-26
- Per-Cell offset adjustment for cm93 charts
- Transverse Mercator chart quilting.
- Selectable full screen quilting option.
- Configurable lat/lon gid lines.
- Variable screen dimmer function.
- Improved Tide/Current information window.
- Configurable “Layers” function, enabling selectable display of fixed objects.
- Improved and extended AIS functions, including Euro Inland support & Base Stations and ATONs
- Selectable FullScreen display mode.
- Integrated Route Planner function, with Tide table support.
- Enhanced GUI functions, with floating transparent Toolbar.
- Several new language options.
- Improved internal memory management.
- Improved Autopilot output support.
- New Multi-leg Measurement tool.
- Improved Vector chart symbology.
- Improved integrated Tide/Current data accuracy.
- Improved Route definition interface, including selectable Route colors.
- Full conformance for all platforms, especially including Macintosh OS X.
- Greatly improved staility on all platforms, as a result of extended Beta testing.
- Many, many improvements in the basic User Interface, while maintaining the ease-of-use that OpenCPN is widely known for.
3.0.0 2012-06-05
- New and Enhanced Features for OpenCPN Version 3.0
- OpenGL support, for enhanced graphics performance and functionality.
- Improved ENC object Query interface
- Portable execution option, allowing easy migration to new systems.
- Upgrade to wxWidgets 2.8.12.
- Support ENC Overlay cells.
- Upgrade gpsd support to Version 2.96
- Implement enhanced PlugIn system, enabling a wide variety of PlugIn types.
- Implement DSC and GPS_Gate Buddy tracking.
- Implement user defined Chart Groups.
- Implement AIS SART transponder display and tracking.
- Improved ENC object rendering and display.
- Implement user definable Tide/Current datasets.
- Full conformance for all platforms, especially including Macintosh OS X.
- Greatly improved stability on all platforms, as a result of extended Beta testing.
- Many, many improvements in the basic User Interface, while maintaining the ease-of-use that OpenCPN is widely known for.
3.0.2 2012-07-07
This Service Release corrects several small bugs found in the recent 3.0.0 field release.
It incorporates no new features.
3.2.0 2013-02-27
- Complete update of user Options dialogs and context menus, incorporating modern graphics and uniform styles.
- Significantly enhanced navigation instrument input and output options, including extensive network connection capabilities supporting TCP, UDP, and GPSD data sources.
- New User Interface theme support, with OpenCPN traditional as well as two new low profile themes.
- Enhanced clipboard support, including interfaces to external KML data sources.
- Enhanced Tide and Current dataset support, including modern fully binary datasets.
- Various improvements in the display and tracking of AIS data targets.
- Automatic Great Circle route generation options.
- Significant enhancement of the Dashboard PlugIn, including new user interface options and a variety of stylish, new instruments.
- Improved sound system support for linux hosts.
- Major update to embedded Users Manual.
- Measurably improved performance and reliability over all supported platforms.
3.2.2 2013-05-08
This Service Release corrects several small bugs found in the recent 3.2.0 field release.
It incorporates a command line switch to turn off OpenGL completely.
4.0.0 2015-01-08
- A major release.
- Increased performance in all modes, particularly when using OpenGL graphics acceleration.
- Additional network interface methods, including TCP/IP client/server and UDP broadcast.
- Support for multiple data source instances,
- including Filtering and prioritization of messages
- Output of NMEA data streams for real-time integration into ship systems
- Improved support for Mac OS X systems, including 64 bit native support.
- Integrated Tablet/Touch screen support.
- AIS Personal Locater Beacon (PLB) configuration and tracking.
- Enhanced AIS target tracking modes.
- GRIB PlugIn feature additions.
- Graphical GRIB email request generation.
- Moving particle wind overlay.
- Enhanced GRIB data type support.
- Dashboard PlugIn feature additions.
- More selectable instruments.
- Several new and updated Plug-ins, including
- Digital Radar overlay for popular radar scanners
- World Magnetic Model variation compensator
- Climatology analysis
- Dynamic route planning
- Integrated logbook
- Realtime datastream capture, record and playback
- Google Earth integration
- Weatherfax overlay
- Vector chart object and feature search tool
- S63 Encrypted vector chart support
- Major update to embedded Users Manual.
- Measurably improved performance and reliability over all supported platforms.
- And much more.
4.2.0 2016-02-03
- Increased performance in all modes, particularly when using OpenGL graphics acceleration.
- Integrated Chart Downloader PlugIn, allowing systematic tracking and donwload of latest online charts from several popular sources.
- Integrated World Magnetic Model (WMM) PlugIn, providing accuratley calculated magnetic variation worldwide.
- Major update to embedded Users Manual.
- Measurably improved performance and reliability over all supported platforms.
4.4.0 2016-06-13
- Support for GRIB V2 format files.
- Measurably improved performance and reliability over all supported platforms.