Lights at Sea

"Lights at Sea" is all about the lights serving as navigational aid at sea and their characteristics. With "Lights at Sea" you can • TEACH and LEARN the international notation of light characteristics as used in charts and lists of lights, • VISUALIZE the light patterns for a given characteristic or DEMONSTRATE them to your students, • INTERNALIZE important characteristics (e.g. the light patterns of cardinal marks), • and PREPARE YOURSELF for the lights of a specific sailing area. FEATURES • "Lights at Sea" decodes characteristics entered conforming to the document "Standardization of List of Lights and Fog Signals" of the International Hydrographic Organization and displays a corresponding light pattern. All characters defined by the standard are supported: – fixed – occulting – isophase – long-flashing – flashing – quick – very quick – ultra quick – interrupted quick, very quick, ultra quick – Morse code Lights may – have a character combined with a fixed light, – have alternating colors, – and consist of concatenated characters. • Great for learners: Displays hints and error messages while you enter a characteristic. • The characteristic is translated into light signals and updated accordingly while it is being entered. • The parts of a characteristic will be colored according to their state while being entered (identified, incomplete, invalid). • "Lights at Sea" can also decode the (outdated) German notation of light characteristics. • Lights can be stored, deleted, and selected for reproduction.