Or this one. http://www.42.co.nz/freeboard/technical/ On Feb 20, 2014 8:11 AM, "Stevan Plavsa" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nice. > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:48 AM, Josh Muckley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> Check out this open source package. >> >> http://marinux.tuxfamily.org/ >> >> You can have the screen relay to a marinized touch screen at the helm or >> you can use any older chart plotter/gps to interface via NMEA 0183. >> >> Josh >> On Feb 19, 2014 9:06 PM, "Stevan Plavsa" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Do you guys know what OS Raymarine, Garmin et al use? I'm sure they're >>> different but I'm guessing they are all proprietary to their brand. Is that >>> correct? If it is, that would mean that they have a whole team of people >>> developing their OS, right? >>> >>> Why? >>> >>> A thought: why don't they simply license Android, fire their software >>> department (or re-orient them to create amazing Raymarine/Garmin, whatever >>> apps for Android) and make more money? We the consumer get a platform >>> that's much more flexible than what those devices are currently running >>> plus access to all these wonderful apps, which would only get better and >>> better if there was a hardware environment for them more suitable to the >>> marine environment than tablets. The fact that Raymarine now has apps for >>> those devices is telling, people are clearly using tablets on their boats. >>> I think they have it backwards. Don't bring raymarine to the android >>> device. Bring Android to the raymarine device. The marine tech companies >>> are in the hardware business first, software is secondary. They should >>> stick to their core competency and let the big guys do the software part. >>> More frequent updates and bug fixes, a standard user experience regardless >>> of manufacturer. The freedom and ability to run all kinds of apps on your >>> boat computer (because that's what a chart plotter is). Etc. There's >>> already a software environment which means there is demand in the market >>> (navionics, mx mariner, opencpn, etc). My feeling is that the software >>> companies are going to be able to provide much better apps for us than what >>> raymarine and garmin are currently giving us. >>> >>> Imagine a raymarine computer at your helm, just like their top of the >>> line plotter but you can install whatever you want on it and do whatever >>> you can currently do with your android device (because it runs android). If >>> they wanted to, they could port their chart software to android and sell it >>> as an app or provide coupon codes to download it free with the purchase of >>> their hardware. Why is Raymarine developing music playing apps and weather >>> apps for their proprietary platform? That costs money! and this stuff >>> already exists. >>> >>> Think blackberry. They got it all wrong. Along came Samsung and took the >>> entire market (Apple too, but Samsung is #1). If blackberry licensed >>> Android before the whole end game thing happened I think they'd still be >>> around, and profitable. People liked their platform, sure, but what they >>> really liked was their *hardware*. I've played around with the chart >>> plotters at the boat show and the chandleries. I wasn't really impressed >>> with any of the interfaces. They should continue to build amazing marine >>> grade HARDWARE and let the people that know software handle that part. >>> >>> Someone is going to come along and do this. Personally, I would buy a >>> "Marine Tough" android device for the helm before I purchased any purpose >>> built plotter. It would do everything that a plotter does plus so much more >>> (for those times when you're alongside a dock and want to watch a movie in >>> the cockpit or some other frivolous thing like facebook or the C&C mailing >>> list ;) ). Hell, install a display down below. >>> "Computer. Play movie. Terminator 2." >>> And so on. Science fiction had it all figured out with Hal. One central >>> computer. >>> >>> One computer to rule them all and in the dorkness bind them. >>> >>> I wish I was capable of starting a business like this, I'de do it >>> myself. >>> >>> Most people have MULTIPLE computers on board. The VHF these days is a >>> computer, the laptop at the nav station, the chart plotter, the instrument >>> displays .. why?!!! Just give me one CPU running a commonly used platform >>> and let the software companies duke it out. Plug in a bunch of dumb >>> displays or interactive displays, whatever your budget allows. Hook up all >>> your transducers and sensors and you're off to the races. Focus on making >>> amazing marine hardware and continue to charge marine prices for it. Stop >>> spending money on coders to maintain your proprietary system and MAKE MORE >>> MONEY. Or like I said before, turn them into an App department and port >>> what they've already got as apps .. FOR SALE! >>> >>> >>> Rambling thoughts on a wednesday night. >>> Someone's going to owe me a beer if this happens. >>> >>> Steve >>> Suhana, C&C 32 >>> Toronto >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > >
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