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From: Marco A. Garcia (no email)
Date: Fri Aug 05 2005 - 07:57:28 EDT
I have tried a few navigation programs (Tsunami, Maxsea, Raychart, Nobeltec,
and several others). Of them all I prefer Maxsea, mainly because it has the
ability to read many different chart formats. I found this very useful to
compare raster and vector charts, or even the same format from different
sources. As mentioned by Len, most other programs are tied to proprietary
chart formats (and can handle perhaps one or two other formats). Nobeltec VN
and Raychart are not bad either, although they cannot read as many chart
formats as Maxsea (Raychart more formats than Nobeltec). Tsunami can only
read transas charts if I remember right, which are also the same as Passport
charts used by Nobeltec. Most navigation programs would do a decent work for
basic navigation, route planning and tracking. If I remember right, fugawi
and OziExplorer allow you to scan and geo-locate your own charts.
Regards,
Marco Garcia (S7SY)
S/V Valentina
Seychelles
-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:]
On Behalf Of Len den Besten
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:38 AM
To:
Subject: [world-cruising] Re: Greek Islands - Now Chart Plotter Software
Hi John,
What you must realize is that you don't just buy a navigator- program, at
the same time you choose a type, a family of charts.
Amongst others you can choose C-Map, or Maptech or Transas. I make two
assumptions here: 1) You do not own a Garmin GPS cause in that case you
should look at Garmin's Bluecharts. 2) You don't want to scan charts or use
jpg- or bmp-files and their likes. You want vector-charts with layers of
information depending on the zoomlevel you select.
I stumbled upon Tsunamis cause I could buy a copy with the world chart folio
for a bargain.
I don't like the navigator program very much cause it's old fashioned and
not intuitive. I do like the rugged stability and most of all the quality of
the world wide Transas charts.
They are not cheap. For example, the coastline from Cherbourg to
Hamburg: Maptech 550 euro, C-Map 550 euro, Transas 847 euro. On the other
hand: updates Maptech 50%, C-Map 50% and Transas 10% so when you plan on
updating regularly (insurance?) the calculation is simple.
Tsunamis does what you ask of a navigator program, but nothing more.
When you want extra's you should look at MaxSea. It comes with extra modules
(Routing module, Performance module, ARPA/AIS module, GRIB-
files) which are expensive. It works with C-map charts.
I won't go on blabbering about FT Navvision, Maptech Offshore Navigator,
WinGps4, Nobeltec Visual Navigation Suite, Raymarine Raytech RNS, or SeaPro.
IMO, when you just want to navigate, Tsunamis is good value for money,
especially when you plan on updating regularly... When you want more
possibilities, look at MaxSea.
Hope this helps
Regards, Len.
S/v Present
--- In , john paterson jr <jpaterjr at g dot dot dot >
wrote:
>Is Tsunamis '99 adequate? Do you have any comments it's selection?
>I am planning to shove off within a few months, myself, and am trying
>to select the best chart plotting option.
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