Charts for Upper Mississippi

[captstu]

Hi,

I downloaded and unpacked the charts from the US Corps of Engineers for the Upper Mississippi - but can't figure out how to read them.

I'm working with OpenCPN, but can't quite get it to work.

Anyone suggest a chart reader to read the S57 US Corps of Engineers charts for the Upper Mississippi. Thank you. /Stu

[transmitterdan]

OpenCPN uses these charts as is. Unzip the file you downloaded into a folder. Go to the tools/charts setup and tell OpenCPN the name of the folder. That's all you have to do.

It will be easier if you get the chart downloader plugin for OpenCPN.

[karle]

Opencpn has a feature called "object query". You can right click on the object and select "object query". It will show you what the object is.

Originally Posted by captstu

Hi,

I downloaded and unpacked the charts from the US Corps of Engineers for the Upper Mississippi - but can't figure out how to read them.

I'm working with OpenCPN, but can't quite get it to work.

Anyone suggest a chart reader to read the S57 US Corps of Engineers charts for the Upper Mississippi. Thank you. /Stu

[River Cruiser]

I'am also on the upper Mississippi at 283 mm. I use C-Map Max chart for the Great Lakes, inland rivers and gulf coast on Standard Horizon plotters. I use a Navionics chip for the same area on my 17' cc and much prefer the C-Map. I also use my iPad with Garmin BlueChart Mobil it is comparable to the C-Map in detail, I've used the C-Map and iPad on a trip from here to the Detroit River found them both excellent. Here is a screen shot of each.


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