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Takk til alle som har bidratt til TIKIs
begynnende suksess
Peter Hambly, min gode venn og mentor, som hater datamaskiner, men som under våre utallige timer sammen på havet, i havner og i kritiske situasjoner har lært meg mye, ikke minst at navigasjonsutstyr er verktøy og ikke leketøy.
Tore Myrvang i Nautisk Forlag, som var villig til å satse på Tiki da det var helt nytt og ukjent.
Sindre Holm på forskningsfartøyet 'Trygve Braarud', som testet Tiki for Nautisk Forlag og abefalte det for salg.
Hans Due, redaktør i Båtmagasinet, som var det første båtbladet som testet TIKI, og
Terje Bølstad som gjennomførte testen og skrev artikkelen.
Jan Vehusheia som har hjulpet med programmering der mine egne kunnskaper kom til kort.
Walther Gulley i USA, Manfred Kurth og Hartwig Frowein i Tyskland, og mange andre som har bidratt med kritiske innspill og gode ideer til nye eller forbedrede funksjoner i TIKI.
Lasse Lundell i Sverige, som bl.a. har hjulpet meg med omfattende testing bl.a. under utviklingen av AIS-funksjonen.
David Pudget i Yachting World, som var den første som skrev om TIKI i England.
Ben Ellison i www.Panbo.com, den mest kjente bloggen i USA for maritim elektonikk, som var den første som skrev om TIKI i USA.
Og takk for alle oppmuntrende meldinger fra TIKI-brukere. Her er noen av dem:
Sindre Holm, F/F Trygve Braarud:
"Vi har testet Tiki Navigator om bord i forskningsfartøyet Trygve Braarud. Programmet er stabilt og enkelt å bruke. Kartene presenteres på en imponerende rask måte både ved zooming ut/inn ved panning og ved kart og scalaskifte. Infovindu for navigasjonsdata, ruter, wp og annet fremvises store og tydelige også med fargevalg. Slik programmet virker er jeg positivt overasket og vil kunne anbefale Tiki Navigator."
Brynjar Takle, R/S 'Utvær':
"Tiki Navigator ser VELDIG bra ut. Jeg var mer fortrolig med dette programmet etter å ha kjørt demoversjonen en time enn etter en full dag med Winchart."
Helge Eriksen:
"Et fantastisk program som tilfredsstiller mine kresne krav til et navigasjons- program. Alle problemene som har irritert meg i andre program , er løst på en meget bra måte. Ikke minst er jeg glad for at alt dillet av knapper og funksjoner som vi normalt ikke bruker, er fjernet."
Chr. Henrik Oseberg:
"Jeg har ikke funnet noe annet program (enn TIKI !!!) som oppfyller mine ønsker om en plotter-liknende PC software."
Sigmund Eide:
"Dette var veldig greit å bruke, lettfattelig, brukes lett nesten med det samme. Flott med store tegn på skjerm for info, spesielt siden jeg bruker skjerm i seilbåt..."
Øivind Barbo:
"Har prøvd Tiki Navigator i sommer, og er imponert. Mer nøyaktig, lettere å bruke, og mange smarte funksjoner som gjør dette programmet mye bedre enn OziExplorer."
Johan Skåntorp, Sverige:
"Jag har använt Tiki under sommaren och jag är jättenöjd med hur det fungerar. Det är framförallt enkelheten att använda Tiki som uppskattas av övriga familje- medlemmar som inte är så avancerade användare."
Lasse Lundell, Sverige:
"Jag har nu kört Tiki Navigatot i ca 1.500 Nm i Medelhavet och är mycket nöjd med den. Autopilot-styrningen uppskattar jag mest. Samt de stor siffrorna. Hoppas att AIS kommer i Tiki snart. Jag har mange navigationsprogram, men TIKI är nå min favorit."
John Mellor, UK:
"I have tested virtually every navigation program there is, and TIKI just knocks the socks off the lot. The intuitive ease with which it works, and the clear, simple displays and ways of doing things is an object lesson to the rest."
Richard Haycock, Greenview, UK:
"TIKI's user interface is very well thought out. Having tested Chart Navigator I found TIKI Navigator a lot easier to use, especially the input of routes which was totally intuitive. Other things that impressed were the seamless transition between charts, the right click magnifier, the night mode and the split screen displays, so you can work in on detailed charts without loosing the overview."
Rock Bradford, Georgetown, SC, USA:
"Before you go with Maptech, take a look at www.tiki-navigator.com. Tiki Navigator is simpler, has better features, works with Maptech free charts or SoftCharts. I just got it for my 44' Cygnus trawler and it is remarkably good. I have no affliation with Tiki, just love how it works."
Ray Quiachon, Pennsylvania, USA:
"I congratulate you for the most intuitive navigation software in the market. I particularly enjoy its simplicity, a great help to us dummies. The edge is the great and good feeling one experiences using the program and to quote you verbatim, "I hate all kind of software that makes me feel stupid!". Thanks for your personal touch in assisting me."
Bryan Greer, Canada:
"This is a really great product!! I would recommend that you show it to the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons as an alternative to what they are offering from your competition."
Peter Germolenko, Australia:
"Great nav software! I always considered "The Capn" and then Tsunamis 99 the best, but TIKI Navigator is even better. There are unfortunately few BSB charts of Australian waters. Any chance of making TIKI capable of reading vector charts? Then it would be a World beater."
Herb Ward, Norwalk Ct, USA:
"TIKI is wonderful and has a price / performance ratio unmatched by any other navigation software product I've seen. I love software products that I can use out of the box so to speak, without the usual 20 hour learning curve. Better yet, my wife the computer "newbee" loves to navigate with Tiki."
Kevin Redden, delivery skipper, USA:
"I have just used TIKI Navigator for the first time on an 1,100 mile delivery trip. In the past, I have been a fan of vector instead of raster scan chart plotters. TIKI Navigator Pro is the first raster scan product that I found to work quite well, and I was quite pleased with it. It made lugging the PC along on the trip worthwhile."
Manfred Kurth, Germany:
"One can feel in depth that this program was developed by a skilled and serious leisure mariner. I appreciate most that it is self explanatory and you don't have to ask a thick manual before you come to the grain of the program. After one day, I'm so familiar with TIKI Navigator you could wake me up at 2 am in a tipsy mood and I'm sure I'd be able to navigate with TIKI - really foolproof !"
Bruce Nowlin, USA:
"I am a master of a commercial vessel, I have been looking at several of types Navigation software put out on the market. Thanks for a great program, I love the 3 in 1 chart idea."
Walter Gulley, Michigan, USA:
"TIKI Navigator continues to amaze me. It controls my autopilot much better than the big expensive RL80CRC chart plotter does."
Terry Hertel, Union Bay, USA:
"I used Tiki for the first time and wow!! I was in uncharted waters in my brain and Tiki showed me the way. Planning on doing the San Juan's this summers....about 100 miles in the state of Washington near the Canadian boarder, I find that I really cannot be without TIKI."
Mel Willie, USA:
"TIKI is fantastic. It worked like a champion and was just what I needed to restore my confidence after three years of hospitalization. Actually it has been 8 years since I last went underway. The kemo therapy took a lot out of me and its' side effects has seemed to effect my self confidence. Your software worked great and I always knew where I was and where I had to go. Thanks for your personal help because you gave me the tools I needed to get back to boating. Your support was like a friend and like we were members of the same yacht club."
David Carrick, Michigan, USA:
"TIKI Navigator looks really very good compared to the many others I have tried. I am an experienced Great Lakes navigator and user of computer and GPS and Loran technology as an aid to navigation. You really have some excellent ideas in your software?"
Dale Simpson, Canada:
"What a great program you have developed! Your software is one of the best and worth purchasing, and the service you gave to support it is greatly appreciated!"
Andrew Sansome, UK:
"Firstly congratutations on an excellent piece of software. The Offshore Navigator from Maptech is certainly much less easy to use / intuitive. I have already copied the downloaded TIKI installation file for a number of my sailing friends locally to try."
Bernie, Costa Rica:
"After reading dozens of sailing articles I ran into a link which put me right at your companys home page. Since two days ago when I installed your fantastic TIKI NAVIGATOR I'm spending all day long to get adjusted. I can't tell you how happy I am to play around on my notebook with your program."
Pascal Gonçalves, Brasil:
"Thank you for this beatiful program; I have MapSource, Offshore Navigator, EasyGps and OziExplorer but TIKI has the best appearence in the screen."
Hartwig Frowein, Germany:
"I have used other navigation programs. The reason I prefer your product is the super TIKI user interface."