New Lowrance HDS Series Supports Full Line of Navionics Cartography

Tulsa, Okla. – Lowrance, a world-leading brand in marine electronics
since 1957 and GPS navigational systems since 1992, announced today
that its new High Definition System (HDS) series is compatible with
Navionics full line of award-winning cartography. A truly versatile
marine electronics solution, HDS allows boaters to use powerful,
feature-filled charts such as Platinum+ marine charts and HotMaps
Platinum lake maps. The Lowrance HDS series also incorporates the
all-new TurboViewTM software, which increases the functionality and
display capabilities of Navionics marine charts and lake maps. The HDS
series with TurboView and Navionics cartography provide boaters with
the ultimate in GPS-chartplotting capabilities.

Navionics Platinum+ marine charts, Platinum marine charts, and
HotMaps Platinum lake maps provide users a wealth of sophisticated
features including 3-D bathymetric views and aerial photography of
ports, marinas and other points of interest. In addition, HotMaps
Platinum lake maps offers Lowrance customers detailed charts of over
14,000 North American lakes and exclusive high-resolution 3-D map views
of over 470 top U.S. tournament lakes and waters. Navionics charts are
the most detailed and accurate charts available for chartplotters and
the ideal complement to the powerful new HDS series.

Lowrance has embedded TurboView enhanced mapping software in all
HDS devices. TurboView greatly improves the display of Navionics
Platinum+, Platinum and HotMaps Platinum charts, and significantly
enhances situational awareness. The software adds seamless zooming and
transition between 2D and 3D modes for easier display and greater
flexibility then ever before. Improved shadowing allows greater depth
perception in both 2D and 3D modes. In addition, real-time overlays of
navigational data on 3D contour profiles, and a high-speed FlyThru
feature that integrates panning and zooming with detailed aerial
photography, provide a truly innovative perspective for boaters.

“Our groundbreaking HDS series combines the industry’s best of
the best,” said Gordon Sprouse, director of marketing for all Navico
Americas brands. “Incorporating full support for Platinum
multidimensional charts from Navionics into our super-powered new
multifunction devices has resulted in an incredible user experience.
The HDS line is the clear choice for those unwilling to compromise.”

Featuring the latest, high-resolution SolarMAXTM PLUS screen in
sizes ranging from 5-inches to 10.4-inches, the new Lowrance HDS series
is the first product line on the market to combine high-performance
GPS-chartplotter functionality with award-winning Broadband Sounder
technology. HDS provides incredible performance in both stand-alone and
networked installations, offers boaters both Sirius weather and
satellite radio capabilities, and is fully compatible with the complete
line of Lowrance HD digital radar solutions.