Frank Hagan Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 Here's a link to electronic versions of NOAA's nautical charts: http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/download.htm You'll need a viewer for them ... click on the "Resources" link in the upper right and you'll get a list of free and shareware viewers. Quote
neilbraun Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 Be carefull with these, they have various editions... some are usefull for navigation and others are not, if I remember correctly the ones labled "2" and above are good for navigation. Cheers! (no I dident spell check this, and I have the hicups. Like my nifty new avatar thingy?) Quote
Greg Luckett Posted March 27, 2005 Posted March 27, 2005 Neilbraun, What an interesting picture Your location must be wrong though, since I am right here and you are not. :drinking: I noted that this was your first post and had good advice too. Thank you. Greg Luckett Quote
ken connors Posted March 27, 2005 Posted March 27, 2005 ill take Gregs word that your advice is good. thanks for that. not so crazy about the nifty avitar thingy, tho. i like this site because i have always been confident that i wouldnt have gross materials shoved in my face like so many other sites. Quote
Frank Hagan Posted March 27, 2005 Author Posted March 27, 2005 Yeah, you should change your avatar, Neilbraun. Doesn't really fit the site's demeanor. Some of the charts are "v2", so you do have to be selective. Guys are using them for coordinates you can use for your GPS for certain structures, and some companies are using that format for their regular charts now. Quote
neilbraun Posted March 27, 2005 Posted March 27, 2005 Sorry about that, it was truly hidious... The things I find funny while drinking never cease to astound me in the morning. Hope this is better... Anyhow, here are two companys that make readers for the NOAA enc files, they are somewhat diferent, Fugawi if faster, and SeeMyDEnc seems more complete (I downloaded these a few years ago, so dont quote me on that). http://www.fugawi.com/ http://www.sevencs.com/products/seemydenc.htm I am not sure about this but if I remember correctly one or both of these can feed info right into your GPS. Cheers! Quote
neilbraun Posted March 27, 2005 Posted March 27, 2005 Your location must be wrong though' date=' since I am right here and you are not.[/quote']HAHAHA! That would be very tricky to prove! Cheers! Quote
Frank Hagan Posted March 28, 2005 Author Posted March 28, 2005 I had read that some GPS units will take the info from the programs; mine wasn't listed (Garmin), and I promptly forgot the others. Quote
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