OCPN has become a very important planning and active
navigation tool¨.
The addition of the 'Mark information' feature gives easy access to a number
of tools without leaving the chart.
In the attached example,I have set up links to:
1.
AIS information with live targets using a special version of Marinetraffic.
2.
Satellite based position information from
Globalstar SPOT.
3. Downloading of .gpx and other track formats of
Globalstar SPOT.
4. Collection of .grib data
weather forecast for your area using Ugrib.
5. Display of photos for your area using Picasa with diffuse background.
I hope Dave will consider expanding the space in the Mark information box
as presently only a limited number of links can be accommodated.
OCPN also have the ability to show a dual
screen in
Google Earth format as
well as the display of .grib
weather overlay from the collected .grib data.
Piotr has also developed a special
route planning weather forecasting feature
based on .grib data displayed for each waypoint in the
Route Manager.
Presently has to be run in a parallell OCPN as it is not compatible with all plugins
at the moment.
Tore