Stan Winikoff wrote:
I love to find a consise and readable explaination of Electronic
Navigation Charts put out by NOAA and particularly how to use them on
chartplotters which use cartridges such as C-MAP and how to use them
with PC based computer navigation software.

The NOAA ENC's are vector charts, and require special software to read and
display them.

There are several free readers available from suppliers listed on the NOAA
site, but you cannot use these to navigate as they are for chart display
purposes only. Nevertheless it is possible to downloader a reader and
several charts to see how the charts will appear on the screen of a PC or
laptop.

In order to use these charts for navigation, you have to contact one of the
recommended suppiers named on the NOAA site, and purchase the display
software.

Unless you have used vector charts before, you are strongly recommended to
try out the software first, as the charts are more complex and contain more
facilities than the raster charts more usually available.


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