On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:53:23 GMT, ray lunder wrote:

Ahoy, I finally got the NOAA charts downloaded. Using Fugawi software
the bottom details are practically useless. Is this a user setting?
Fault with the software or basic detail lacking from the charts
themselves? It's nothing like the hardcopy charts of my area. Thank
you and keep up the good work.

Sounds like you downloaded the new ENC vector charts. They have
different "layers" of information and it takes some getting used to.

I believe that Fugawi also supports the old style raster charts which
can also be downloaded for free. The raster charts look exactly like
the corresponding paper charts.

There are pros and cons to both types but vector charts have a steeper
learning curve in my experience.