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Old 12-09-2013, 02:13 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Moonstruck View Post
Raster or vector makes no difference to me. I prefer a chart without the ICW magenta line. Trying to hold that line can get you into trouble. Following the line can lead to sloppiness in sizing up the situation ahead. It's OK most of the time, but you need to be right 100% of the time.
Wasn't interested in driving up the magenta line on a plotter. As this will be my first trip up the ICW, felt it would be helpful for daily planning purposes, as a guide to where to look for aids to navigation, and general help if an aid to navigation is missing. The software that I use on my charter boat plotter allows me to display or hide features such as contour lines, depths, bottom compositions, wrecks, etc. Just kind of surprised that in this computer chart age that we live in, there isn't chart software that allows you to toggle the the magenta line on and off as needed.

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