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Maptech digital charts
On 15 Jan 2004 20:02:06 GMT, (Baybyter) wrote:
Be aware that a number of Maptech products, including their online server,
CANNOT be used for navigation purposes. Im not quite sure just what one would
do with these non-navigational products, but perhaps they are suitable for
wrapping fish...
Maptech tends hide their disclaimer about what their products may be used for,
or what they are not useful for. Pretty sleazy way to do business.
The disclaimer was easy to find.
I expect that this is the same type of disclaimer found in cruising
guides. Each chart and chartlet has a "not for navigation"
disclaimer.
If they are not for navigation, what are they for?
In a litigious world, this is standard fare.
There are legal requirements in Canada, and I expect other countries
as well, to carry the most recent editions of charts, updated by
Notices to Mariners. There are some exemptions.
Paper charts can be updated more easily that electronic charts.
This probably placed on the site on the advice of lawyers to limit
liability.
Jack
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