Monday, November 8, 2010

Re: [Electric Boats] Chart software

 

There's a companion program with Sea Clear that allows you to make your own charts, and if I recall it will convert a JPG file to a format that Sea Clear can read.  I remember converting Google Earth satellite pics to usable charts with it.  However while Sea Clear could read them, my preferred software could not. 

--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Peter <peter@sintacha.com> wrote:

From: Peter <peter@sintacha.com>
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Chart software
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 11:54 AM

 

Hi,
I tried SeaClear ... it's a great program. But I found OpenCPN a lot easier to use, more intuative, and more full-featured, including real-time tides and currents data.
http://www.opencpn.org/
Peter

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Kerry Thomas" <kjthomas@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I use Seaclear which is an excellent freeware chart plotter. You can
> download and calibrate free NOAA charts, Hydro. LINZ, in New Zealand using
> the mapcal utility which comes with it. You can also use any scanned
> Mercator or transverse Mercator projection map or chart.
>
> I work on commercial ships and use seaclear on my laptop. The big advantage
> to me is you can treat the charts like paper charts and update whenever you
> like. Most commercial chartplotters update yearly at best.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Daniel
> Sent: Monday, 8 November 2010 5:55 p.m.
> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Electric Boats] Chart software
>
> A while back someone had a program to make usable charts from google earth.
> Did it come from here? I want to see if I can make usable charts from the
> 150 pdf charts I just downloaded of the lower Mississippi.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>


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