On 6/9/2010 6:58 PM, bpuharic wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:53:59 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:17:20 -0400,
wrote:

On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:33:18 -0400, wrote:

anyone used sea clear software? i used it years ago but just
rediscovered it...downloaded the NOAA charts...free and it's great!

havent figured it all out yet but it beats paying $20 for charts

I've never used it, but others I know have. It's supposed to be
fairly stable, but I understand that if you are using Vista or XP,
it's a bit buggy. Forget it if you are using Linux.

There is a new option which is much better than SeaClear in my
opinion. It is called OpenCPN, has a better user interface, more
features, and runs on just about any platform. Did I mention that it
is free?

http://www.opencpn.org/download

The latest production version is 1.3.6, the Beta version of 2.1 is not
yet ready for prime time.

do you know how to select charts from the directory?

I thought you downloaded the raster charts already. Did you unzip them
and install them? That was easy but I can't figure out how to hook a GPs
to the computer and get the software to talk to it. I have a Delorme
Earthmate and a couple of Garmin Nuvis. All of them have usb ports but
no serial port. The program is kind of useless without GPS