Ray allows use of free charts.im waiting for my SignalK box. Joel On Tuesday, January 12, 2016, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote:
> AC is particularly helpful with destination planning but the part I miss > on my chartplotter is the anchorages and hazards which include shoaling and > Nav-aid errors. Additionally, with active captain integrated into the > chartplotter I would be more likely to update those pieces of information. > As it stands I can mark the hazards with waypoints but then have to > transfer that info later...Which never happens. > > E-boat cards is an extension of AC which broadcasts your location to your > boating friends...and their's to you. Again this is something that would > be nice to have at the helm. > > Another technology that is on the horizon which may or may not yet be > integrated into ANY chartplotters is SignalK. SignalK doesn't just allow > you to wirelessly view all of your own ship's info but theoretically allows > your info to be shared to the cloud and others in real time. We're talking > wave heights, depth, current, wind speed, wind direction, barometric > pressure, air temp, and water temp. Imagine being able to see instantly > the conditions which others were experiencing! > > Does anyone know if any of the current chartplotters allow importing of > GRIBS? What about importing the free vector/raster charts? > > From my research, all of the above features are either available or being > worked on in the open source world of OpenCPN, Openplotter, or Navigatrix. > A marinized, 12v, touchscreen, monitor can display all of this at the helm. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > On Jan 12, 2016 10:36 AM, "Joel Aronson via CnC-List" < > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > > > Edd already has the Ray autopilot. I find Active Captain useful for > planning, but don't use it at the helm. That's just me. > > > > B&G apparently is adding ethernet ports to their units which will make > it easier to integrate with PCs etc. NMEA 2000 makes stuff slightly less > proprietary, but you may not get full function on other brands products. > > > > Joel > > 35/3 > > Annapolis > > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> > >> As a huge fan of Active Captain. I urge you to both try AC and verify > that your prospective chart plotter/MFD works with AC. > >> > >> I too looked at the Raymarine MFDs and talked to one of their sales > reps at the Annapolis Boat show. I was disappointed with the lack of open > source compatability. It seemed like a collection of solid products that > integrate really well with one another to create a lot of powerful > features. Unfortunately, it appeared that a lot of those powerful features > where lost if the individual components were not matched with other > Raymarine products in the same vintage. So, as long as you buy the entire > package and plan to keep the entire package (auto-helm, chartplotter(s), > radar, network, remote apps via phone/tablet) together as a system (more or > less forever) then it will probably be fully satisfying. > >> > >> My experiences with technology have been that anything proprietary > eventually goes out of style. I said this about the iPhone 30 pin > connector and now look at all the car stereos and home audio accessories > that no longer integrate as beautifully as they used to. > >> > >> YMMV > >> > >> Josh Muckley > >> S/V Sea Hawk > >> 1989 C&C 37+ > >> Solomons, MD > >> > >> On Jan 11, 2016 1:11 PM, "Edd Schillay via CnC-List" < > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Listers, > >>> > >>> So I was at the NY Boat Show this past weekend and took a good look at > the Raymarine e-Series (specifically the e9 one). Built-in GPS and data > display of other information hooked up to the system (including my new > Raymarine EV200 autopilot.) > >>> > >>> Does anyone have one? Pros? Cons? The price seems very low given all > it does, especially compared to the cost of my current Garmin GPSMap2006C. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> All the best, > >>> > >>> Edd > >>> > >>> > >>> Edd M. Schillay > >>> Starship Enterprise > >>> C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > >>> City Island, NY > >>> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> > >>> Email address: > >>> [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > >>> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > >>> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Email address: > >> [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Joel > > 301 541 8551 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Email address: > > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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