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Default Raster vs Vector (Was Electronic Charting)

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:49:01 -0400, "Gerald"
wrote:

I suspect this really requires the use of a gyro compass
to get a sufficiently stabilized overlay. I had a gyro on my last boat and
it made a big difference in ARPA accuracy.


Not really. I have an electronic compass sensor and it works just
fine for both ARPA and chart/radar overlay.