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You can find a few more details in this post: Role of SCAMIN on ENC In brief, I'm using apps like SEAiq or OpenCPN with ENC charts from...

Indeed, and it's hard to argue against that, but it's also something that can happen with paper. If, for example, someone purchased a...

Such an obstacle should not disappear when zoomed out, and in the official ENCs for the area the reefs are indeed visible when zoomed...

Your hardware is likely fine; how familiar are you with printing in terms of image sizing, etc? If you're doing images, then pixel...

Looking on what the US has done, I think it's possible to get something "close enough" for the leisure sailor who's not subject to...

Is there a regulatory hurdle here? I know in some places the printers must themselves be properly vetted and approved for the charts to...

Only if they find a buyer. And where will you find a buyer with the necessary expertise and capital? If it's uneconomic for Imray, I...

RTCM 10900.7 is for ECS; it would likely make more sense to align with international standards rather than trying to go it alone...

I suspect it's the difference between raster & vector, not paper vs electronic. Generating a printable rendition of a vector chart...

I would think such updates are far more easily applied if the data are managed without an analogue step. For example, if the positions...

If your software doesn't have built-in support, you can achieve the same using multiple EBLs. You can use an existing course line, or...

I think many times new units arise from being "close enough". Long years ago when the Babylonians used a sexagesimal numbering system...

A convenient way to think of Rule 9 is that it treats narrow channels like stretches of highway ("keep to the proper side, and don't...

The variance of latitude scale on a mercator chart is a product of the mercator projection itself distorting the latitude as it moves...

At various times I had made brief attempts to learn the basics on my own. For some reason they always quickly led to the PZX triangle at...