NEWPORT / 0.9.0 BETA 1
What’s in 0.9.0 Beta 1
NewPort is a native Mac workspace for marine planning, route and waypoint libraries, sonar review, public conditions and developing onboard instruments.
Highlights
- A chart-first interface, geographic overview and six-part guided tour.
- Waypoint, route, track and collection tools; Undo/Redo, saved projects and portable copies.
- Boat profile, trip timing and fuel estimates, sampled route weather, tides and currents.
- Conditions and Underway panels beside the chart. Plan Trip stays in its own window.
- Public radar, lightning density, sea temperature, anomaly and chlorophyll maps, with observation dates, opacity and temperature-aware legends.
- Signal K, NMEA TCP/UDP, GPS freshness, AIS and closest-approach displays, route guidance, track recording and experimental anchor watch.
- Supported sonar playback, chart exports, fishing notes and temperature-front analysis.
- A feedback form with version information and an email draft you review before sending.
Known limits
| Area | What testers should know |
|---|
| Underway | Real onboard acceptance remains open. Simulator tests are not operational safety validation. |
| Charts | Garmin vector/cartography support is partial. Full S-52 presentation, S-63, chart updates and some proprietary formats remain incomplete. No proprietary charts or recordings are included; testers supply files they are entitled to use. |
| Public data | Weather and radar coverage are regional. Lightning is delayed density, not individual strikes or strike-distance alarms. Satellite data is dated and can have gaps. Chlorophyll does not guarantee fish presence. |
| Exchange | GPX workflows are available. A physical chartplotter round trip and second-Mac portable-project restoration still need acceptance checks. Full native vendor exchange is unavailable. |
| Interface | Automated render and model checks pass; complete real-user coverage of dialogs, large libraries, fractional zooms and every screen remains open. The computer-control helper timed out during the last interactive pass. |
| Compatibility | Minimum declared macOS is 14. The package includes arm64 and x86_64. Physical Intel and oldest-OS testing remain open. |
Feedback priorities
Start with installation, first-run clarity, chart rendering at your normal zooms, save/reopen, and the controls you use most. Include the build number in each report. Suggestions for workflow improvements are welcome.
Installation and tester guide · Privacy and network use