I'll bet Raymarine are chuffed

Not for me either, but I do see the need for some disruptive newcomers entering the Marine electronic market.
I think that the offerings by the big incumbent manufactures are far too expensive and massively over complicated.
They include a wide range of features which many owners of yachts don't need or use.
I think a good basic plotter, which use basic charts, which are easy to install and cheap to update, uses some simple route planning and has a good sunlight visible screen, would sell very well.
 
Ian_Edwards said:
I think a good basic plotter, which use basic charts, which are easy to install and cheap to update, uses some simple route planning and has a good sunlight visible screen, would sell very well.
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Someone needs to make proper chartplotter hardware that run OpenCPN. I know it can be run on a RPi and some HDMI display, but I think it would be better all in one box.
 
What is a basic chart @Ian_Edwards?
The basic plotter you describe is currently available via MemoryMaps and their UKHO Raster charts package, very, very low cost on a tablet or a laptop. So, available and sells well.
 
Runaground makes a valid point. The problem with that method is not the software or the charts it is the hardware. What I would like to see is someone manying a unit which is waterproof and has a sunlight visible screen low power consumption which will accept software such as memory maps and UK raster charts.

David MH
 
RunAgroundHard said:
What is a basic chart @Ian_Edwards?
The basic plotter you describe is currently available via MemoryMaps and their UKHO Raster charts package, very, very low cost on a tablet or a laptop. So, available and sells well.
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Yes, I've recently acquired Memory Map for All and have it running on my Laptop and an Android tablet.
It's very good for the price, and you can run OS maps as well.
But neither the laptop or the table are chart plotters I'd take into the cockpit in all weathers, and I can't see either of them in bright sun light.
I also have Open CPN running on the same devices, the same problem ..... a marine plotter has to be waterproof, something I can install in the cockpit and view in bright sunlight.
davidmh, is thinking along the same lines, some basic but robust hardware that will run existing software and use UKHO charts would work very well for me.
 
It is not possible to import charts from outside, and the imported charts are not compatible for use.

Could the above be a bad translation ?
Onwa have their own free charts but they are not compatible with any other brand. They also take c map or navionics.
Seems a chinese thing to include ais to the plotter .
 
I really like my Orca, UI is lightyears ahead of incumbents, charts are all subscription based and the simplicity is fine for me. Responsive dev team too, I moaned about the lack of overfalls on the charts and they added it within a month, very nicely too

Converting everything to n2k is less fun
 
Ian_Edwards said:
...a good basic plotter, which use basic charts, which are easy to install and cheap to update, uses some simple route planning and has a good sunlight visible screen, would sell very well.
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Something like an android tablet with Navionics + open CPN installed plus a plastic sun-shade (one cut from a blue plastic bucket worked for me) duck taped above the screen perhaps?
 
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