OpenCPN where can I find UK charts?

electrosys said:
Did anyone say it didn't ?


Tsunamis '99 and Navigator display Transas charts, not C-Map.
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Certainly implied it yes, at least it read that way to me and still does on a second look.

I assumed Tsunamis were C-Maps by the type and age, but I never ran it other than as a laptop atlas at home because I thought it a very user unfriendly program. If that was incorrect mea culpa, but I doubt anyone will go out and buy Tsunamis these days anyway it is surely long dead.

I have Neptune C-Map Planner, with a C-Map card reader to take two C-Map cartridges, the very same ones I ran on my Navman plotters Are you trying to say these are not C-Map?
 
planteater said:
I must say that having gone through the hassle of downloading old CM93 charts I wouldn't bother again. Something about them doesn't look right - I haven't done a detailed comparison with Admiralty or other up to date charts but it looks as though some detail is missing.
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I've used cm93 for years now and haven't noticed any much between them and any other charts.

In opencpn right click and select "enable cm93 detail slider".



Lots of detail in there. The google earth plug in is well worth installing as well, have both the charts and GE at the same time.
 
electrosys said:
Couldn't agree more. CMAPECS still takes some beating, and there's MaxSea if you really need AIS.

Which is a shame, 'cause OpenCPN has been an impressive programming effort by just one person (afaik). However, I get the impression that key decisions were made by committee, which is never a good strategy.

In contrast, SeaClear is a brilliant piece of software - again, designed and written by just one person, but without any 'committee interference' - AIS capable, and limited only by it's charting constraints - which were defined from 'day one'. I think the results speak for themselves.
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OpenCPN is a whole software generation beyond SeaClear, which was an excellent package for its time.
Have you used the latest version of OpenCPN? It is NOT one person software and may have improved a lot since since you last looked at it. For example it's quite well integrated with Google earth, useful for areas with few or minimal charts. (You don't need permanent internet access)
 
ffiill said:
..or NZ where the digital photograph files are made freely available at
www.linz.govt.nz
All you have to do is use The Seaclear programme to fix coordinates;scale and projection and you have fully functioning digital charts of the whole of NZs
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Note you don't have to since "gps-marco", a geek (in the most postive sense of the word! :p) has done it and does it again everytime LINZ updates them:

http://mce66.altervista.org/software.html#Free_New_Zealand_Nautical_Charts
 
MoodyNick said:
Cracked it!!! You were right Hoolie, thanks. :)
Now to work out the tides .....
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I've just downloaded and installed the BSB Plug-In, put all charts (BSB and CM93) into Chartkit, and I can now see AIS targets overlaid on my Maptech Admiralty charts. :)

I was previously running Maptech Offshore Navigator Lite for route planning and real time nav, and OpenCPN for AIS, switching between the two programmes as necessary. Now I can do it all in OpenCPN, including uploading routes to the Garmin GPS without changing the PC interface parameters.

I'm also getting Google Earth, instrument real time data, real time track log, GRIB and tide info in OpenCPN - all for free. Brilliant. :):):)

Thanks for the tip-off.
 
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