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From: Harry James (no email)
Date: Mon Aug 08 2005 - 00:33:28 EDT
I was just in the Fugawi web site. Not only is it compatible to other
formats Fugawi ENC lets you use the Governtment vector charts. These are
available for free from NOAA. Do you know if any other programs that
will let you read the free charts in windows Mac or Linux?
HJ
Marco A. Garcia wrote:
>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.
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>Regards,
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>Marco Garcia (S7SY)
>S/V Valentina
>Seychelles
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>-----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
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>Hi John,
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Hope this helps
>Regards, Len.
>S/v Present
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>>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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