| Features
of the Hillwalker Series
The Hillwaker Series represents true computer
programming. The programs are not books or videos on a CD; books or video
tapes are better media for that! The Hillwalker Series is written in
Delphi, a high level computer language, to give facilities to the
hillwalker not obtainable anywhere else. Only the Hillwalker maps have no
‘edges’, allowing drawing at any scale and location.
The Hillwalker Series is the only range which
has ‘knowledge’ of the location of hills, enabling panoramas to be
drawn from any point and bearings to be calculated from point to point.
With a powerful enough computer, flypasts under your control are an
interesting diversion.
As there are over 200 features in a Level 3 Hillwalker
program, a leaflet like this can only touch on the surface. An
appreciation is available from ISYS, but the best way to learn about the
products is to own one!
Finally ISYS firmly believes that a human support desk
is absolutely essential for any worthwhile product, and our Support Desk
is rated as Excellent or Very Good by 95% of our users.
Further Information
Further Information, Point of Sale material, supplies
of leaflets and of course programs are available from Isys Computers.
Telephone: 0141 943 1533 or e-Mail: Tricuspid@BCS.org.uk
Hillwalker News
November 1999
Four great products from ISYS
And a fifth coming next year
Corbetts is launched at the National Mòd
At the Royal National Mòd at Fort William on 14
October, ISYS launched The Corbetts through Windows.
Interest was spectacular with both Scottish Television and Grampian
Television covering the launch on the news. BBC Radio broadcast interviews
with Iain White, author, and Farquhar MacLennan, Gaelic advisor.
Allan Campbell, Chief Executive Officer of Comunn na
Gàidhlig, speaking at the launch said "The
authentic Gaelic pronunciation of every Corbett and Graham is spoken by
Seonachan MacLeod, a native Gaelic speaker and a member of the Skye
Mountain Rescue Team. This package will quite literally open a
window on Gaelic to the many thousands of climbers who are enthusiastic
supporters of the language but who couldn't until now pronounce the
names in the landscape they cherish."
The Fort William Launch was followed by a full day
public demonstration in Nevisport,
Fort William.
The following week, evening demonstrations were given
to locally invited audiences at James Thin,
Inverness and Marshalls,
Aberdeen. Everyone liked the new format of the program and the take-up was
well above expectations.
A contribution to Mountain Rescue is made for each copy
purchased.
The Munros through
Windows® Version 3
ISBN 0 9528586 7 3 £39.99
This version of The Munros through Windows updates the
current release and will be released in November 1999. The new program
represents three year’s development on the current program. The ‘look
and feel’ of the program has evolved to the Windows 98 standards and
many new features have been added. All Hillwalker software runs on Windows
95, 98, NT and is being tested on Windows 2000. There are 600
photographs including the famous
360° panorama in Glen Coe. An even bigger panorama of the Skye Cuillin is
quite mind-blowing.
Routes are provided by Irvine Butterfield from his
famous book, The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland.
The New Munros will integrate with The Corbetts (and
future Hillwalker products) to form a truly amazing visual encyclopaedia
of the Scottish hills.
Comunn na Gàidhlig, An Comunn Gaidhealach and Sabhal
Mòr Ostaig have given their independent approvals of the Gaelic
translations, spellings and pronunciations in The Munros through Windows.
The Munros through Windows is the only Gaelic approved
Munros CD.
The Corbetts through
Windows® Version 3
ISBN 0 9528586 1 4 £39.99
The Corbetts was launched 14 October in Fort William,
the heart of Corbett country, at the Royal National Mòd.
The Corbetts lists an amazing 2,000 Scottish hills, not
just Corbetts but Grahams, Donalds, Munros and many others. The Corbetts
through Windows is state-of-the-art software for hillwalkers in Scotland.
Authentic Gaelic pronunciation of Corbetts and Grahams is by Seonachan
MacLeod.
The program will fully integrate with the new Munros
program and all planned future Hillwalker software.
Routes up every Corbett are written by Gordon Pirie. There are 204
walks in this program. As with all Hillwalker program, there is a Log for
yourself and up to 10 friends. There is a statistics feature and ‘climbed’
hills’ can change colour. A comprehensive list of Reports is available.
Lakeland Fells through Windows®
ISBN 0 9528586 2 2 £39.99
This, the second CD in the Hillwalker Series,
incorporates Harvey Walker and Superwalker Maps of the Lake District,
showing map details of the planing area right on your screen. Paddy Dillon
provides 100 walks to take you up over 300 Fells, including all the
Wainrights. There are over 200 breathtaking photographs of the Fells.
The program is illustrated with traditional Lakeland
music by the Pro Nobis singers of Kendal and the Old Friends’ Ceilidh
Band.
There are over 150 different features in this program,
including: Log for yourself and up to 10 friends, Quiz, Route cards to
calculate bearings, time and time of day of your intended route. Panoramas
can be drawn from every hill top and now from any point, allowing ‘fly
past’. Map selection, Horizon distance and Distinguish climbed hills are
just some of the other features in this comprehensive program.
The Munros through
Windows®
ISBN 0 9528586 0 6 £39.99
This is the original and, until version 3 is launched,
many would say the best CD for the Munros in Scotland. None can match it
for number of features or authenticity. Launched in 1996 it has recently
been installed in permanent live demonstration in the Museum of Scotland’s
20th Century Gallery. It was selected for its ease of use and
its user interface. Visitors can use the program just by sitting in front
of it.
Unbelievably, this is the only publication (book or CD)
to give routes up every Munro and Top in Scotland. Irvine Butterfield also
provides routes for all the 3,000ft hills furth of Scotland.
Comunn na Gàidhlig, An Comunn Gaidhealach and Sabhal
Mòr Ostaig have given their independent approvals of the Gaelic
translations, spellings and pronunciations in The Munros through Windows.
Mountains of Wales through Windows®
ISBN 0 9528586 3 0
Mountains of Wales is scheduled for release in Summer
2000. It will integrate with other Level 3 Hillwalker software. Further
details will be announced later. |
