poter
Active member
Does anyone know of a web site that I can get some in depth info & possibly comparisons of Navigation programs? Also where/who is the best place to purchase from?
thanks
poter.
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poter.
Computer Navigation Progs.
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steve_cronin
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Just for one, take a look at :- http://www.pcplotter.co.uk/ where you can download a very good demo version with a chart of the Solent.
Steve Cronin
Steve Cronin
oldgit
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If you come over to the forum that lives in the 21st century ie. stinkpotters forum.this has been a much discussed subject.
However if it all seems too complicated you can always come back here and learn 101 ways to sharpen your quill and how to keep your copy of the mapa mundi from blowing away using your lodestones.Again......
Oooh look its still not dark and its nearly 5pm
However if it all seems too complicated you can always come back here and learn 101 ways to sharpen your quill and how to keep your copy of the mapa mundi from blowing away using your lodestones.Again......
Oooh look its still not dark and its nearly 5pm
dave
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colvic
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Have used SeaTrak by Meridian for four years and has been very good. However, due to computer theft along with Dongle (secuirty device) am having to buy new and am going for the Maptech system. Visit them at Maptech.co.uk and send an e-mail and they'll send a demo disk. You can get a basic version for £99 with some charts!
I'm buying charts for half the Med with the more powerful plotter and it is only costing 25% of what I paid before for the programme and chart folio's.
Phil
I'm buying charts for half the Med with the more powerful plotter and it is only costing 25% of what I paid before for the programme and chart folio's.
Phil
coachone
New member
A firm that I have used and found very good is -
Marine computing International Ltd
www.marinecomputing.com
excellent advice and good prices.
Marine computing International Ltd
www.marinecomputing.com
excellent advice and good prices.
steffen
New member
Have a look at Seaclear II at www.sping.com/seaclear/
I am working with it at the moment and it looks very good. It read maps in various formats (raster) also self scanned (it has an add-on for stitching and cropping and one for calibrating). Automatically switches from one chart to another.
And here's the bonus: ITS FREE!!
happy sailing, Steffen
I am working with it at the moment and it looks very good. It read maps in various formats (raster) also self scanned (it has an add-on for stitching and cropping and one for calibrating). Automatically switches from one chart to another.
And here's the bonus: ITS FREE!!
happy sailing, Steffen
kdf
New member
Like other posts I have heard about Seaclear and it appears to be ok. Some advice - the cost of the charts that you feed into this thing are likely to far exceed the cost of the navigation program, and indeed, depending on how far you go, could exceed the cost of a marina berth in some locations.
So make sure that you are not tied into a one chart format. Seapro does Arcs (expensive) and Livecharts (their own format), Navmaster does their own and possibly BSB. Maptech only supports Maptech bsb charts. Maxsea does almost all.
You may also want to get into creating your own charts - if so most of the commercial packages wont permit this. Oziexplorer (which personally I don't like), Fungawi and Seaclear do.
Best of luck,
So make sure that you are not tied into a one chart format. Seapro does Arcs (expensive) and Livecharts (their own format), Navmaster does their own and possibly BSB. Maptech only supports Maptech bsb charts. Maxsea does almost all.
You may also want to get into creating your own charts - if so most of the commercial packages wont permit this. Oziexplorer (which personally I don't like), Fungawi and Seaclear do.
Best of luck,
HaraldS
New member
Have read comparisons here and there but don't know a summarizing website.
Personally I know MaxSea and NavPak.
The latter is very reasonably priced, yet like MaxSea eats about any chart format.
Have a look at http://www.maxsea.com
It depends on what you want to do with it. I would go with NavPak unless you want the excellent weather-routing of MaxSea, which comes with free usage of their weather data server. This server creates a custom grib file upon a short request via e-mail, and sends it back via e-mail. This allows you to choose the exact sea area you are in, and thus reduce the size so that it can be handled via Iridium or SSB e-mail. Really good stuff.
On the chart plotter side they are all quite similar, yet NavPak has some elegant implementation to aid 'classic piloting' like putting in saftey bearings etc. It also contains a nice astro-nav support.
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.taniwani.de>http://www.taniwani.de</A><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by kimhollamby on 17/02/2003 18:00 (server time).</FONT></P>
Personally I know MaxSea and NavPak.
The latter is very reasonably priced, yet like MaxSea eats about any chart format.
Have a look at http://www.maxsea.com
It depends on what you want to do with it. I would go with NavPak unless you want the excellent weather-routing of MaxSea, which comes with free usage of their weather data server. This server creates a custom grib file upon a short request via e-mail, and sends it back via e-mail. This allows you to choose the exact sea area you are in, and thus reduce the size so that it can be handled via Iridium or SSB e-mail. Really good stuff.
On the chart plotter side they are all quite similar, yet NavPak has some elegant implementation to aid 'classic piloting' like putting in saftey bearings etc. It also contains a nice astro-nav support.
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.taniwani.de>http://www.taniwani.de</A><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by kimhollamby on 17/02/2003 18:00 (server time).</FONT></P>
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Latest article that might be worth reading about some nav programmes is online at www.oceannavigator.com "Convergence hits the nav station" though its main focus is radar interface. I use NavPak and have no complaints. Weather will be apparently added to their next release. Handles datum shifts correctly and C-Map which I've just started using. Hope the article might be of some help. J. Fitzpatrick
