Navionics HotMaps Explorer Software
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Latest Release Version:
Download Version 4.5.52 Update You can check your version by launching the program and selecting Help|About from the main menu.

Lateset BETA:
Sorry - No beta at this time
This beta version is being made available so that those users who desire to participate in the testing process may do so. Experimental features available in the beta version are not considered to be part of the commercial Fugawi package, but are provided to users of Fugawi Ver. 4.5.x for evaluation, experimental, and special interest purposes, and for us to receive feedback regarding the new enhancements. Experimental features may or may not appear in future product releases and ongoing support for experimental features cannot be guaranteed.

After downloading this file:

1. Close HotMaps Explorer if it is open.

2. Apply the update by double clicking on the file you downloaded.

3. Restart Navionics HotMaps Explorer.

Version 4.5.52.5202 Release

- Support added for data card transfer of waypoints and routes with Furuno NAVnet VX2 plotters
- Fixed issue with product activation for a small number of users under Windows 7 and Vista
- Added ability to import icon name as a text filed in the waypoint import from text file
- Added ability to use custom generated icons for Windows 7 and Vista (For Win XP, put custom icons in My Documents\Fugawi\Icons – For Win 7/Vista put custom icons in Documents\Fugawi\Icons)
- Repaired Settings|Advanced screen to size correctly
- Repaired Lowrance HDS 10 routes not transferring correctly
- In routes, the first route point now correctly has a leg distance of zero
- Now retains the Street Overlay view (Maps|Overlays Enabled) setting between sessions
- Fixed missing icons for use with Waypoint Matching with Humminbird plotters
- Elevation information within a track is now correctly copied when sent to PathAway
- Repaired activation scheme for certain notebook users who were continually being asked to re-activate
- Repaired Navionics chart rendering under certain Windows XP installations which were not fully updated

Changes to 4.5.46
- Enhanced data transfer via memory card to support new Raymarine plotters
- Added 2010 magnetic model

Enhancements to Version 4.5.44
- Facebook support added – routes, tracks and waypoints may now be sent to the Fugawi X-Traverse Facebook App where they are displayed on an interactive map – requires subscription to www.x-traverse.com
- KMZ support added – software will now import and export routes, waypoints and tracks (including photo waypoints) as a KMZ file
- Import / export to www.x-traverse.com enhanced to support KMZ files in addition to GPX files
- Fix to import of Raymarine .FSH files
- Fix for activation of HD lake maps (broken in 4.5.40)

Enhancements to Version 4.5.40 (4.5b)
- Support for Microsoft® Windows® 7

Enhancements to Version 4.5.34.3401 (4.5b)

- Fixed Lowrance Icons export when waypoints are created in on PC
- Fixed possible problem where Navionics HotMaps Explorer may not display all available map data

Enhancements to Version 4.5.32.3207

- Improved speed of program start up (improved elevation .FEL file loading)
- Added Import / Export waypoints to GEONAV plotters
- Google Earth: Google|Import Maps from Google now works when using the latest update of Windows Vista
- Fixed Find Lake for Lake Hamilton, Polk, FL
- Fix to Lowrance .USR import for Lowrance Icons

Enhancements to Version 4.5.24.2400

- Added support for Fugawi X-Traverse (www.x-traverse.com) user data transfer of waypoints, routes and tracks to products such as iNavX Marine Software for iPhone.
- Enhanced GPX data file support with the ability to add or extract routes, waypoints and tracks to/from a single GPX file

Enhancements to Version 4.5.22.2202
- Added Lake Hamilton, Garland, AR
- Added Lake Hatchineha, FL

Enhancements to Version 4.5.22.2200
- Added Icon matching support for Lowrance GPS units
- Added support for NMEA upload / download for Furuno chart plotters
- Added support for NMEA upload / download for Standard Horizon chart plotters

Enhancements to Version 4.5.18.2000
- Minor adjustments

Enhancements to Version 4.5.18.1972
- Minor corrections to the Find Lake list

Enhancements to Version 4.5.18.1971
- Fixed import of KML files when Windows regional settings not set to English
- Street Map (GMF) support modified so as to avoid breaking support for Fugawi Ver. 3 (and Fugawi UK Ver. 2) products if installed concurrently on the same PC

Enhancements to Version 4.5.16.1810
- Repaired to support (high def) Lake of the Ozarks

Enhancements to Version 4.5.16.1809
- Fixed the Find Lake list for Santee Cooper Lakes Moultrie and Marion.

Enhancements to version 4.5.16.1808
- Fixed the Find Lake list (some lakes were not appearing).

Enhancements to version 4.5.16.1806
- Fixed issue with waypoint export to Lowrance .USR file (failure under certain circumstances).

Enhancements to version 4.5.16.1805
- Added support for saving Lowrance version 3 .USR files. (Will save the depth measurement if it was present in the imported version 3 .USR file.)

Enhancements to version 4.5.16.1802
- Added support for Lowrance version 3 .USR file import. (Previously, an “out of memory” error was received when the user attempted to import a version 3 .USR file.)
- Corrected issue of .USR files not importing from the Route Library.
- Corrected issue causing a new product activation form to open whenever ALT+TAB was used to switch back to the product activation form.

Enhancements to version 4.5.16.1799
- Added 22 lakes in Arizona, 52 lakes in Idaho, 71 lakes in Montana, 18 lakes in Utah and 32 lakes in Wyoming to the “Find Lake” list.

Enhancements to version 4.5.16.1798
- Added 26 lakes in Colorado

Enhancements to version 4.5.16.1797
- Initial release

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