OpenCPN Version 5.8.0 Released

[bdbcat]

13 April, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The OpenCPN Development Team is proud to announce the release of OpenCPN Version 5.8.0.
OpenCPN Version 5.8.0 is available for immediate download.

This version is a feature update and maintenance release of OpenCPN.

OpenCPN is a cross platform electronic navigation system (ECS) supporting a variety of cartography standards and hardware interface protocols. Versions are available for linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi, and MacOS computer architectures.

Some features of OpenCPN include:
- Quilted Raster(RNC) and Vector(ENC) digital chart display.
- Support for MBTiles photo and geographical chart overlays.
- Industry standard GPS receiver interfacing, with "moving map" on-screen vessel tracking.
- AIS receiver interfacing with configurable target safety monitoring.
- Integrated Route, Track, and Waypoint database, with industry standard Import/Export capabilities.
- Tide and Current prediction, with on-screen overlay of predicted data.
- Broad International Language support.
- PlugIn architecture allowing on-going third-party functional enhancements.


OpenCPN is released under the GPLV2 license. The executable program and its source code are available for immediate, free, and unlimited download from github.com.

As a successor to OpenCPN Version 5.6.2, OpenCPN Version 5.8.0 contains new features and enhanced functions.

New:

- Integrated NMEA 2000 network capability, supporting a variety of popular bus interface adapters

- Peer-to-peer networking functions, allow sharing of objects (routes/tracks/waypoints) between interconnected OpenCPN devices.

- Redesigned navigational and environmental sensor prioritization feature, allowing multiple redundant fail-over safety modes.

- Updated core wxWidgets support to wx3.2.

- Full support for scaled display modes on Windows.

- Full support for Flatpak on virtually all linux distributions, for both x86 and Arm architectures.

- Improved native support for generic Debian linux distributions, particularly plugin system.

- Full recognition as an official system for Information Mode on European Inland Waters.

- Improved OpenGL graphics support and performance on all platforms.

- Incorporate extensive user feedback to resolve various UI flaws and functional errors.



We hope you enjoy the new features of OpenCPN Version 5.8.0, and look forward to your continued feedback.

For Download links, plugins, documentation, and other useful information, visit our support website at:
https://opencpn.org

The OpenCPN Development Team
Dave Register, Lead Developer

[Baikal]

Thank you all for your work
Congratulations on the release of the best navigation software

[Franziska]

Fabulous work from a fabulous team. Thank you very much for the hard work!!

Sent from my MHA-L29 using Cruisers Sailing Forum mobile app

[Ptizef]

Many thanks for all that work.
We have now a navigation tool at the top.
Congratulation

JP

[Recy]

Thanks, you guys are doing a terrific job.

[verkerkbr]

Hi Dave,

everything is working great on my systems. Thanks for all your work and that from your team.

The Flatpak development is also progress for all the Linux versions.

Regards,




Bram

[P_Dub]

Many thanks, works great.
Have a good day.

[hhmcsv]

Download and installation works fine, and O-charts plugin works. But the NV-Charts plugin seems to be missing?

[Rasbats]

hhmcsv ...

The NV Charts plugin will be added to the master catalog as soon as time permits. All the plugins for O5.8 currently unavailable need rebuilding to use a new version of wxWidgets.

Mike

[Alfange]

Hello everyone

My previous version 5.6.2 was working perfectly, but this new version simply the program does not open completely, simply does not carry the menus of options, etc.
I am using updated Windows 10, and I've tried to open it in security mode as well as with Opengl disabled, but still the program does not open completely and sometimes crash.
I waited for over an hour the program to open but nothing happens ...

[rgleason]

Many thanks to Dave, the programmers and those who tested and contributed.

[bdbcat]

ZUZA....
Please rename and save your C:/ProgramData/OpenCPN/opencpn.ini file to some safe name, like opencpn.saveini.
Then start OpenCPN as normal.
Please report results.


Thanks
Dave

[P_Dub]

Mike[/QUOTE]
Otidalplan and Otcurrent works for me.

[Alfange]

Originally Posted by bdbcat

ZUZA....
Please rename and save your C:/ProgramData/OpenCPN/opencpn.ini file to some safe name, like opencpn.saveini.
Then start OpenCPN as normal.
Please report results.


Thanks
Dave

Ok, I will do that, but the change would not be opencpnsave.ini instead of opencpn.saveini, as you wrote?
Should this change be made still with version 5.6.2, or after the update to 5.8.0?

I thank you for your goodwill

[Corsair63]

Great job,

now working with it in my tablet and wondering to have some more plugins updates to latest version.