On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 01:21:32PM -0400, Philip wrote: > I am making my first foray into electronic charting. Sea Clear seems > like the right choice for me, After making up a DB9 connector, my old > Garmin 75 works with it. I am interested in any open source - free > software that I may use to update way points and store routes. Any > recommendations?
Have you considered OpenCPN? It's Open Source, reads both the ENC and the RNC (vector and raster) formats [1], can take and display an AIS data stream, accept data from a GPS via 'gpsd' (another Open Source app), and can read and write standard GPX route files. http://bigdumboat.com/cpnindex.html I have to say that it's not the slickest application I've ever used - it seems a bit clunky around the edges - but in the main, it does exactly what it's supposed to do, and certainly everything I need it to do. [1] This, of course, includes the free charts from NOAA as well as the weekly updates published by them. -- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET * _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
