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Forum: Navigation 25-03-2024, 05:22
Replies: 164
Views: 16,076
Posted By ranger58sb
Re: "Best" chart/navigation software

I suspect not "most."

Many, probably more accurate.

-Chris
Forum: Navigation 20-02-2024, 05:06
Replies: 164
Views: 16,076
Posted By ranger58sb
Re: "Best" chart/navigation software

For those of us with lightweight nav requirements... sat images seem interesting to have, but I don't remember ever needing or even using them. Multiple options, for a capability never used, isn't...
Forum: Navigation 19-02-2024, 05:01
Replies: 164
Views: 16,076
Posted By ranger58sb
Re: "Best" chart/navigation software

I haven't meant to imply that I think OpenCPN isn't a good app.

Just that it's always seemed (from the outside) like too much work, for me, to install, learn, support, etc.

Easier for me to...
Forum: Navigation 18-02-2024, 08:57
Replies: 164
Views: 16,076
Posted By ranger58sb
Re: "Best" chart/navigation software

That's what it's looked like to me... just from seeing traffic in this forum section.

My background was Unix in the '70s, DOS starting in the early '80s, Windows starting with V1.0 (useless 'til...
Forum: Navigation 18-02-2024, 05:24
Replies: 164
Views: 16,076
Posted By ranger58sb
Re: "Best" chart/navigation software

FWIW, I've not tried OpenCPN because I see (in passing) all the issues and queries for the "help desk" here. I didn't want a science project... have too many other things on the boats to learn and...
Forum: Navigation 10-02-2024, 05:32
Replies: 164
Views: 16,076
Posted By ranger58sb
Re: "Best" chart/navigation software

So the most recent/last remaining NOAA raster charts continue to be available on the Furuno MFDs or in TimeZero.

That might mean ATONs are eventually out of date, but the land masses don't change...
Forum: Navigation 09-02-2024, 04:22
Replies: 164
Views: 16,076
Posted By ranger58sb
Re: "Best" chart/navigation software

NOAA charts for TimeZero (and Furuno's TZT MFDs) are both raster and vector. Presumably as long as NOAA continues publication of raster charts.

-Chris
Forum: Navigation 07-02-2024, 05:21
Replies: 164
Views: 16,076
Posted By ranger58sb
Re: "Best" chart/navigation software

We use TimeZero on a Windows laptop. Works great, even our old version.

Happened into it, because it's completely compatible (near mirror) with the first Furuno MFD we installed on our previous...
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