Thread: gps receiver and software for netbook chartplotter
View Single Post
  #15   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats.cruising
Mark Borgerson Mark Borgerson is offline
external usenet poster
  
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Oct 2006
Posts: 171
Default gps receiver and software for netbook chartplotter
In article ,
says...
On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:10:44 +0200, Sjouke Burry
wrote:

Have you tried google earth? it has e few cute gps modes, and is free...

It also requires an internet connection unless you have discovered a
way to download their imagery.


Google Earth will download and cache 2GB of tile data. On a recent
trip from Ketchikan to Bellingham, that was enough to give me pretty
good data for the BC coast and Queen Charlotte Islands. It was
a bit of a pain to scroll through the projected path at the resolution
I thought appropriate. However, I think you can find scripts or
programs that will prefill your cache with a selected area and
resolution.


Mark Borgerson

Reply With QuoteReply With Quote