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Dick:
The NOAA vector chart coverage is probably better than you think. There are
over 500 charts and they update them frequently. I bought Coastal Explorer
and for $300 it is a good deal. I don't know what features you use that CE
does not have especially in the new edition. Since the owners of Cap'n and
Nobeltec both own chart companies they have not committed to use the free
ones since this will negatively affect their bottom lines. Take a look at
the coverage at:
http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/download.htm
Frank Burrows
At 01:56 PM 7/7/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>NOAA used to have free raster downloads some years
>ago, but I haven't been able to find them on the NOAA
>site for several years now.
>
>What NOAA now has for free now is VECTOR charts, which
>require special software, and which may not yet cover
>as many areas as the existing raster charts.
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