Re: Electronic Charts

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:18:15 -0400, Ryk <ryk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 23:12:37 GMT, "Don Bouchard"
><dbouchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I have recently upgraded to The Capn Mosaic, version 8, which can display
>>vector charts, both DNC and ENC vector charts. Does anybody have experience
>>using these vector charts? Which vector type, DNC or ENC, is best for
>>navigation?
>
>I've been using the NOAA ENC charts with Fugawi ENC. They don't look
>like the traditional charts, but with a little practice you can get a
>lot more information out of them. Best of all, they're a free download
>off the NOAA web site. Coverage is incomplete, but constantly
>improving.

Can you please provide the URL at the NOAA web site where you got your
charts?

Does NOAA also provide software for those charts, as in a viewer?
>
>Ryk
>

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