On Nov 24, 10:02*am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:12:17 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:
One year the wife gave me the local Blue Charts for my new Garmin
Map60 CX.
I still use them... even playing with the charts on my home computer
planning destinations.
Now, I *an understand that... Something practical and useful.
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Very practical and very useful, especially in the off season. * It can
also be done for free on a home PC, and very inexpensively on a boat.
All of the US charts can be downloaded at no cost on the NOAA site:
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/
Tim, you will need the S-57 ENC charts for the inland rivers.
A very capable software charting program is available for free he
http://opencpn.org/drupal/download
All you need to turn that combo into an inexpensive chartplotter for a
boat is a $30 USB GPS device, a laptop computer and an inexpensive
power inverter.
http://www.amazon.com/USGlobalSat-BU-353-WaterProof-Enabled-Receiver/...
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Bright-PW400-12-Inverter-Watt/dp/B000OOZY5S
Unfortunately our Canadian friends still have to pay for their
electronic charts.
I'm paying close attention, Wayne.