Marine Expedition Route Planning and Execution

PERPLEX is a software package for planning and executing of seagoing research expeditions. It was developed at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and improved during numerous research cruises with RV POLARSTERN. From 2005 until 2009, PERPLEX was distributed by the software company WERUM AG, Lüneburg (Germany). WERUM improved the design of the graphical user interface and applied routines as especially for map plotting which considerably increased the performance of the software. Furthermore, WERUM provided a professional user manual.

Since 2010, PERPLEX is distributed and supported by AWI. This change includes the new release PERPLEX-V4 with an improved layout.

The software is no longer protected with registration- and activation key. RERPLEX-V4 can be downloaded from this website and can be used immediately without technical limitations. New users can test the software’s full functionality. For details see "Terms of Use".

FREE download of PERPLEX-V4!