Recent content by karl.e

For anyone reaching here via Google, I would recommend London Chartplotters. They sell ruggedized tablets at reasonable price with pre-installed charts. 8 " SAMSUNG WATERPROOF,RUGGED TABLET CHARTPLOTTER,2023 UK CHARTS,INT GPS,IP67 | eBay

Automatic routing also works. i-Boating : Free Marine Navigation Charts & Fishing Maps

I set up Raspberry Pi Desktop and installed both i-Boating and opencpn on it. Its a linux distribution. It has Graphical user interface (like Windows). It even comes with an internet browser. You can use buster like any normal desktop - browse internet, edit document or xls files etc. I...

Its a lot easier now. Simply install Raspberry buster. Its a desktop operating system, with all the nice GUI and start button like you get on Microsoft Windows. When I was setting it up there was even an option to install Microsoft Windows (Bill Gates, Palmer Microsoft). There is not a lot of...

Where can I see Raymarine Lighthouse mapping online (without selling an arm, a leg and my firstborn)?

What phone do you have? i-Boating includes one week tide & stream prediction for free. You need to pay only for charts. i-Boating on iPhone/iPad There is also a youtube video on this.

There are other apps that offer the same vector charts with routing, tides, GPS, AIS etc for 15 to 20 GBP. i-Boating : C-Map:

Hello, is this your personal project or also available for others to buy / try? Wouldn’t it be easier to calculate magnetic variance in the plotter software and include it in the RMB/APB sentence instead of doing it in the yapp?

I use I-Boating on Windows. For GPS I recently bought a uBlox USB gps dongle for 7 dollars from eBay. Marine Charts App Download | Nautical Charts App

For laptops there are several free/freemium options available now: opencpn: Free application, charts need to be purchased. Support for S-63 charts is free. qtvtlm : Free application, charts need to be purchased. Support for S-63 charts is available upon purchase. i-Boating: Free...

@Davidhunter - So which one did you end up getting?

I would recommend moving away from raster chart CDs. Hydrographic offices of developed countries (AUS, US, Denmark etc) have officially announced end of support for paper/raster charts. I bet UKHO will soon do the same.

Hello, I have been testing this MacOS chartplotter software since past few weeks. The download link is on this page. MacBook ChartPlotter I have a really old (15+ years) Holux Bluetooth GPS. It was able to recognize that.

Hello Derek, Does your AIS receiver have a USB interface? Most of them do for use with PC and Mac software. You can download opencpn and use it to view the AIS data stream over a map. If it shows the navaid, it most likely means that the C70 plotter software is broken. opencpn comes with a low...

Try these: http://fishing-app.gpsnauticalcharts.com http://www.navionics.com