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Originally Posted by SkiprJohn  Aloha Seer,
Is your system aboard your boat? How much does your sytem cost? How much energy does it use? Lastly, I can't get google to even see the top of my house, much less any aids to navigation.
JohnL |
Not on the boat at the moment, tho with the marina wi fi we have there, could do the same thing. I suppose if I was coastal where I can pull up internet thru the cellphone on verizon, I could use such a system in real time, but what I was talking about was looking at where you are going to cruise, before you go, either at the dock, an internet cafe, whatever, bring up the views of the places you're heading, overlay the gps coords, then print the whole works up in a series of charts. Since you are writing this, if you're not at sea, go ahead and download the google earth program and pull up say the bahamas. Tell me those views aren't useful
They are to me, especially where you can clearly see where the channels are etc.
The downside is that you need to know when the photos were taken, i.e. how recently so you don't miss new shoreside developments, etc.
seer
as for price of equipment. any lappie will do, you could make the charts any res you like.