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Google Ocean Charts in the palm of your hand....
"Roger Long" wrote in message
... "Larry" wrote Have you guys been to: http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/ Where Google Maps and satellite views get the marine chart overlays? Very, very cool. I'm a bit skeptical though about using it for actual navigation. It's running and updating so slowly on my Time Warner broadband cable connection that I could easily get from the middle of Portland Harbor to the rocks in the time it's taken to do a zoom. -- Roger Long I suppose if you have a poor connection, it would be an issue, but relying on it without a non-electronic backup would be foolish. If you have a decent connection, using it is one thing; relying on it is another. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Google Ocean Charts in the palm of your hand....
"Roger Long" wrote in message
... "Capt. JG" wrote I suppose if you have a poor connection, it would be an issue, but relying on it without a non-electronic backup would be foolish. If you have a decent connection, using it is one thing; relying on it is another. There are issues other than relying on a navigational aid. Even if you have paper backup (which I 100% endorse) the distraction factor of having the electronics go down and switching over could get you in trouble in a tight situation. I've never seen my GPS even blink so dont' worry about it too much. Once you add all the links in the chain and potential failure points of a wireless and complex system, the probability of have a failure skyrocket. My little handheld GPSmap76cx is about as complex as I'm inclined to get with my electronic navigation. If I had a powerboat and a nice, big, dry place to put the stuff, I probably would feel differently. But then I wouldn't be able to afford it at today's fuel prices -- Roger Long Yep... diesel is over $5/g now here... I think I still have enough to last the season. Everytime my onboard GPS stops working, I tell the person standing near the antenna to move. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Google Ocean Charts in the palm of your hand....
On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:32:48 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
wrote: You make this stuff sound wonderful, but in fact it scares the hell out of me. Navigation using uncertified charts? Since when is this progress? Sounds like stupidity to me. Larry and stupidity? Goes hand in hand, especially when he's flogging his masturbatory dream; that Nokia tablet. Bill, There is no call for this type of response that has been the hallmark of Wilbur and his alias's on this group. If you disagree with Larry there is no need to post such a response. I have found Larry to be a very useful and informed poster. regards Peter |
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Time Warner drops usenet newsgroups!
"Dave" wrote in message ... On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:40:08 -0400, said: Nope. I'm sure this isn't the only one out there, but it's one I've been using as my "backup" for a long time, and it has always worked when needed Ah, that accounts for those occasional BB posts. Free news servers aren't worth a crap! -- Harry Harris ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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Time Warner drops usenet newsgroups!
"Dave" wrote in message ... On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:40:08 -0400, said: Nope. I'm sure this isn't the only one out there, but it's one I've been using as my "backup" for a long time, and it has always worked when needed Ah, that accounts for those occasional BB posts. Free newsservers are worthless . . . -- Eric Starnes |
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Time Warner drops usenet newsgroups!
"Dave" wrote in message ... On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:40:08 -0400, said: Nope. I'm sure this isn't the only one out there, but it's one I've been using as my "backup" for a long time, and it has always worked when needed Ah, that accounts for those occasional BB posts. Don't bother with free news servers. They're worthless! -- Shad O'Shay |
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Time Warner drops usenet newsgroups!
"Harry Harris" wrote in message ... "Dave" wrote in message ... On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:40:08 -0400, said: Nope. I'm sure this isn't the only one out there, but it's one I've been using as my "backup" for a long time, and it has always worked when needed Ah, that accounts for those occasional BB posts. Free news servers aren't worth a crap! -- Harry Harris ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** You got that right, Harry! -- Gregory Hall |
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Time Warner drops usenet newsgroups!
"Eric Starnes" wrote in message ... "Dave" wrote in message ... On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:40:08 -0400, said: Nope. I'm sure this isn't the only one out there, but it's one I've been using as my "backup" for a long time, and it has always worked when needed Ah, that accounts for those occasional BB posts. Free newsservers are worthless . . . -- Eric Starnes Then why are you using one? Wilbur Hubbard |
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Time Warner drops usenet newsgroups!
"Shad O'Shay" wrote in message ... "Dave" wrote in message ... On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:40:08 -0400, said: Nope. I'm sure this isn't the only one out there, but it's one I've been using as my "backup" for a long time, and it has always worked when needed Ah, that accounts for those occasional BB posts. Don't bother with free news servers. They're worthless! -- Shad O'Shay Isn't aioe a free newsserver, Shad? Harry Harris ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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Google Ocean Charts in the palm of your hand....
"claus" wrote in
: This is a bit off topic - but I am wondering if it is possible to connect a Nokia N800 to my laptop at the Nav Station, running Coastal Explorer software - and display the same screen (Coastal Explorer) on the Nokia? Also, what kind of Bluetooth transmitter would I need fro the laptop to communicate with the Nokia? I was going to put this paragraph last as I'm typing it last, but that wouldn't be fair after all this instruction to mention a glaring deficiency in Windows on that laptop before we start....... Windows is ONLY capable of running ONE USER AT A TIME. This means that the laptop's keyboard/display user MUST be LOGGED OFF prior to the tablet logging on as the remote user. It's not my fault, bitch at Bill Gates. The helmsman cannot watch the laptop display of the chart plotter while you're watching it from the tablet via remote desktop. Sorry.... However, if this isn't a problem remote desktop is done like this....: (this was my first paragraph in answer to your query)... No problem whatsoever using very inexpensive equipment. Forget using bluetooth as the laptop probably doesn't have it. It's MUCH easier to simply plug in a wifi router to 12VDC from the house batteries creating your own Local Area Network (LAN) aboard the boat. The laptop is setup for it. The N800 is, too. The LAN will have a range far outside the boat bluetooth cannot match. Now, how to do it is also quite easy. The Windows laptop needs to be configured to allow for a password-secured user. Just add a new user and password protect that user. Remote Desktop requires you have a password protected user for obvious reasons. Bring up Control Panel and click USER ACCOUNTS. Pick to install a new user account and fill in the blanks for the new user. PASSWORD protect this user for the N800 to logon to. Then, you click up Control Panel and select SYSTEM. When that panel opens, select REMOTE. When the REMOTE tab opens, put a check in the box to Allow users to connect to this computer remotely (the bottom square, not Remote Assistance) Write down the name of your computer that is displayed right under the checkbox. You'll need it later. OK your way out of the SYSTEM panel to activate Remote Desktop and you're ready for remote users to use this computer through that new passworded user. Now, we need to use the laptop's web browser to logon to the new router's control webpage. I don't like to leave wifi open for this task, so plug an Ethernet cable from the laptop to one of the router's LAN ports and let Plug 'n Pray log the laptop onto the router. If the router is going to be where the laptop is located, I would LEAVE the laptop hard wired to the LAN port of the router, permanently, to make the wifi to the tablet even faster by reducing the radio system loading. Ok, the router is running, the laptop is running and connected to the router over Ethernet. I like Netgear routers so I'll set my example for the netgear line of routers. Enter: http://192.168.1.1/ into the browser's URL box. This opens the router's internal webpages once you logon with username admin and password netgear (it's in the manual how to do this if you need more help) The router's configuration wizard will take over and ask you specific questions to initially setup the router. Do what it wants, logout normally, then log back into the router with the username/password again. If given the chance to change the password under the wizard DO IT! Everyone knows the default username/password for Netgear routers. Re- name the password and WRITE IT DOWN SO YOU DON'T FORGET OR LOSE IT! Write it right on the router's plastic box with a felt tip permanent marker is a great place! No password, no router access....not good. Ok, ignore the firmware upgrade of this new router. You'll never need it unless it crashes. It won't. Under ADVANCED click WIRELESS SETTINGS.... Ensure ENABLE WIRELESS RADIO, ENABLE SSID BROADCAST and ENABLE RANGE XTENDER all have checkmarks. If not check them. DO NOT LEAVE ANY PAGE YOU CHANGE ON THE ROUTER PAGES WITHOUT CLICKING THE APPLY BUTTON TO WRITE THE DATA TO THE ROUTER'S EEPROM MEMORY.....or it won't happen. Click APPLY Pick PORT FORWARDING and PORT TRIGGERING from the menu to open it. Because you were a good boy and DIDN'T logon any other computer to this new router, we'll assume its IP address to be 192.168.1.2 on a Netgear router. Linksys uses whole different IPs that begin with 192.168.100.xxx Click ADD CUSTOM SERVICE We're now going to tell the ROUTER to ROUTE all calls to port 3389 to 192.168.1.2, the laptop....3389 is the Remote Desktop calling port. Service Name - rdesktop Starting port - 3389 Ending port - 3389 server IP address - 192.168.1.2 under SERVICE TYPE pick TCP from the picklist. CLICK APPLY!! You should now see the new custom port forwarding on the port forwarding list. It's ready to go if you do....(c; Click LOGOUT and the router will log you off its control panels. There, now the laptop is all ready for your Remote Desktop from ANY computer that has the username and password....even in Pakistan if it's on the internet...(c; Now we need to configure the N800 Tablet to use rdesktop to access it.... (c; Almost all the fantastic software the Linux geniuses have written for the Nokia internet tablets is in one place.... http://maemo.org/ a website established by Nokia to give the Maemo Linux community a permanent home sponsored by the hardware company billionaires. If you have a new N800, it comes with the original OS2007 Linux, which is now obsolete. We're doing a complete reinstallation to upgrade N800's to OS2008, also called Chinook for some reason, and it's the new OS for the N810 with the keyboards. It's a FAR more advanced OS and every N800 needs this upgrade....which is butt EASY to do.... First we'll need to install the automatic N800 upgrade software on the Windows XP/Vista PC....i.e. your laptop. Go to: http://europe.nokia.com/A4305010 Read the page. What we're gonna do is to connect the N800 over the provided USB cable to the laptop and completely burn a new OS into the tablet's memory. MAKE SURE THE BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED FIRST! The power supply MUST be UNPLUGGED to upgrade the tablet! Download and install on the laptop the Nokia Internet Tablet Software Update Wizard, a WINDOWS program for the laptop. Do not connect the tablet until told to do so. Follow the instructions, they're very complete, EXCEPT DO NOT DO A BACKUP AND RESTORE as instructed because the OS2007 softwares are incompatible with OS2008. Ignore that instruction, we're starting from scratch! Boot the software updater on the laptop.... It won't find the tablet because it isn't connected, yet. Once it says there's no tablet, plug the tablet's USB port into the laptop's USB port with the cable that comes with the tablet. Press and HOLD the little HOUSE button, the lower button to the left of the screen. While holding it pressed, click up the power button on top and the tablet will go into USB mode, showing a NOKIA sign with a USB logo in the upper right corner of the tablet. The updater will have, by now, told you it found an N800 and you follow the onscreen instructions to do the update. When a list of updates comes on the screen, you pick the latest OS2008 (Chinook) with a version number ending in 51-3 I think it is currently. the highest version number....newest. This takes a while as it has to erase EEPROM and burn in new code. Do not interrupt it unless there's a nuclear event, in which case it won't matter. Let the wizard install the new OS. It will tell you when it's done. If it fails, no problem, just do it over again....I've yet to have it fail. The tablet will boot up just like it came out of the box asking you for information, again because it is now in new condition. Enjoy the pretty blue bubbles very appropriate to a boat environment...(c; The interface looks much nicer on OS2008. It works the same way. OK, we got OS2008 installed, up and running on the tablet!....congratulations! Now we'll need one piece of hacker software from: http://maemo.org from the tablet's new Mozilla (Firefox based) browser, a great improvement over the Opera browser that was on OS2007, by the way. Boot up the browser by clicking with the stylus on the world symbol in the upper left corner of the display. Maemo's home page is preprogrammed into the bookmarks for you. By the way, the browser's homepage is nicely preset to Google, but in memory with all the important Maemo pages, too, as click buttons for fast access. Go to the Maemo home page..... The webpages KNOW what OS you're using so automatically take you to the appropriate software list when you click DOWNLOAD....OS2008. When you get to the software download page...add it to the browser's bookmarks so you can get their fast. You'll be there a lot...a complete tablet addict in no time at all. I bought the thing for Skype use....it only took 2 days for my tablet addiction to be complete. This is one GREAT device. The software for the tablet, now over 200 products, is, UNfortunately, arranged in Categories. It's terribly hard to find something called rdesktop in there and the search engine searches NEWS, not software. But, alas, Google is GREAT. Now that you know where the software is stored for OS2008, ignore it for a moment. In your Google search box on the toolbar or Google's webpage, enter: rdesktop maemo and let GOOGLE find the download page for you: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2007/rdesktop/ it will save you hours of searching, I assure you....(sigh) Go to this rdesktop webpage WITH THE TABLET'S BROWSER NOT THE LAPTOP'S and I'll show you how easy it is to install ANY of the softwares into this little Linux box..... Ok, have a look around the rdesktop webpage. Isn't that nice? No mention of money, donations, open source. You'll get used to it...(c; See the big green DOWNARROW?....hmm, says INSTALL. No, it can't be! Click the green arrow and fasten your seatbelt. The tablet reacts immediately to the .install extension of the green arrows. A box pops up wanting to know what you want to do with this tiny .install text file. Click the OPEN button and the tablet opens its APPLICATIONS MANAGER app, automatically. Wait...wait....hold it....hold it....App Manager came up and just sat there...wait a few seconds....THERE! Now it's either going to ask you if it's ok for it to install a new "catalog" to the app manager or warns you this software isn't from Nokia and Nokia isn't responsible if you install it because they had nothing to do with it! Either way, click OK and check the seat belt. The application manager will renew its application catalogs off the net. Eventually, this will become a much longer process as you become more addicted and just HAVE to have more "STUFF". Catalogs are not all stored at maemo because some of the Linux geniuses writing this stuff are their own companies! It's quite safe....this is Linux! You'll, finally, after being warned, be asked if you want to install rdesktop. You do....click the final OK and App manager will install rdesktop in the EXTRAS folder of the program selector icon in the middle of the left panel. After it installs, open the selector, click EXTRAS to see all the extra software clogging up the box and pick rdesktop from the EXTRAS list. Rdesktop finally boots up....to a bunch of blank boxes you have to fill in. Hey! It's not clairvoyant! Now we need to tell rdesktop where the Remote Desktop computer is we want to take over!..... RDP Server is the laptop at IP 192.168.1.2 on a Netgear router.... Username is the username of that password-secured new user you made on the laptop. Password is the password you forgot to write down for this new user on the laptop. Let's write it down so we don't have to fight it later... Domain is MSHOME on all Windows boxes unless someone changed it. If they did, you have to open SYSTEM back up and find it under Control Panel on the laptop. Disk sharing....click MEM CARDS and MY DOCS....the tablet will now send and receive files from its memory cards and MyDocs folder to/from the laptop. Now we have a little problem......KEYBOARD! rdesktop completely takes over your tablet away from its usual Maemo interfaces, like the onscreen keyboard. It's a LINUX program and expects you to have a desktop computer with a keyboard to type on. On the N810 tablet, there IS a little keyboard that slides out. On the cheaper N800, there isn't. The solution is to buy a Nokia folding Bluetooth keyboard for the tablet. Folded out, it's a first class, properly spaced, typist keyboard, but with only 3 rows and a function key to get numbers and punctuation that's not hard to adapt to. It's about $100 extra and worth the money if you must type into the tablet, with or without rdesktop. Because I don't think YOU need a keyboard to talk to this chartplotting software, I'll just make a note of it here. If you get the BT keyboard, check the box BT Keyboard on rdesktop's connection details. Check "Save these settings" so we never have to type them all in again next time we boot rdesktop. From now on, we'll boot rdesktop, click OK, the screen goes BLACK raising your adrenaline level, then WINDOWS APPEARS exactly like it shows up on the laptop! HOW COOL! WE'RE IN! The stylus will do anything the mouse does on the rdesktop Windows desktop. Double click needs to be set a little slower due to the communications link between them being a little slower than a directly connected mouse. You can now do anything you could do from the laptop's keyboard/screen EXCEPT PLAY VIDEOS AND SOUNDS. If you click up an MP3 file from the tablet....Windows PLAYS IT ON THE LAPTOP like remote control...driving my parrots just crazy because I do it when I'm not home....(c; Double click the chartplotter desktop icon and the plotter will boot and run, normally, complete with chart/graphics all controlled from the tablet....on the tablet's touchscreen. If you need a keyboard for something....buy.com has them. http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-su-8w-wireless-keyboard- qwerty/q/loc/101/204709076.html they also have about the cheapest prices on the N800 and N810. |
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