timjet
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Folks, I was reading over the lap top nav thread of a couple of day's ago and wanted to ask some questions concerning the software you guys use.
As I understand it there are two types of Electronic Navigation Charts.
Raster which is a scanned image of the NOAA charts
Vector which I don't know much about but will give additional information about the chart in use, such as tides, currents and marina facilities. They look a little like a cartoon image of the NOAA charts.
There are several free chart readers available and two were discussed in the previous thread.
Sea Clear II which reads primarily raster charts. I've loaded this and have had some success in loading charts, but haven't really got the charts I want. Will keep working with this.
OpenCPN which reads primarily vector charts. I've got this to work, but am disappointed in the detail displayed.
So my question is which of these chart readers do you guys like or are there others out there that you prefer and are cheap or free?
Incidently, *I've used the Navionics for the andriod and it's a great back up, but not a primary chart plotter.
-- Edited by timjet on Friday 10th of December 2010 10:32:02 AM
As I understand it there are two types of Electronic Navigation Charts.
Raster which is a scanned image of the NOAA charts
Vector which I don't know much about but will give additional information about the chart in use, such as tides, currents and marina facilities. They look a little like a cartoon image of the NOAA charts.
There are several free chart readers available and two were discussed in the previous thread.
Sea Clear II which reads primarily raster charts. I've loaded this and have had some success in loading charts, but haven't really got the charts I want. Will keep working with this.
OpenCPN which reads primarily vector charts. I've got this to work, but am disappointed in the detail displayed.
So my question is which of these chart readers do you guys like or are there others out there that you prefer and are cheap or free?
Incidently, *I've used the Navionics for the andriod and it's a great back up, but not a primary chart plotter.
-- Edited by timjet on Friday 10th of December 2010 10:32:02 AM