The maptech version (it's the same software) comes with ALL OF THEIR US
MAPS. The Rosepoint one doesn't. $100 for the entire US waterway data is a
pretty good deal, even if you only end up using one or two of the discs.
You could, I suppose, using the freebie NOAA charts but they don't have the
same level of detail as found on maptech's. Or the depth bathy charts, I
don't know that Coastal Explorer can use them.

Coastal Explorer is an amazingly friendly program. Well worth the price in
either flavor.

-Bill Kearney


"Don Bouchard" wrote in message
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Does anybody know if there is a significant difference between Maptech
Chart
Navigator Pro and Coastal Explore by Rosepoint--other than the price
differential ($100)? Rosepoint seems to have written both programs, and I
am
loathe to waste $100.