7C's is probably the best of the bunch! The free charts are never going to
have the detail of the other stuff available, and are only going to cover
commercial shipping areas, nothing shallow. You get what you pay for! I have
7C's and Fugawi's free viewers, and a few charts of my area. The second
generation charts are better, the 1st. generation are pretty plain Jane.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What's your favorite viewer for these charts? On a busy day about a month
ago, I tried one from the list at this site and it was awful. I believe it
was from Seven Cs.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 07:05:00 GMT, "Neophyte"
wrote:
=========================================

The gov'mint has already started releasing their next generation of
electronic charts on the internet for free, which is exactly what the
original price should have been.

Do you have a pointer to the location of the charts of which you speak?
;^)

Cheers-thanks.

===============

http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/index.htm

The free ENC Charts are being developed by NOAA for all U.S. coastal
waters. There is a good FAQ he
http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/staff/faq.htm#encfaq

Also, the Army Corps of Engineers are making ENC charts (also FREE) of
the Inland waterways (called iENCs, see
http://www.tec.army.mil/echarts/inlandnav/index.html

FUGAWI has a free viewer (you can download from he
http://www.fugawi.com/viewenc/viewenc.html), which is the fastest and
easiest to use ENC viewer I have seen to date. They also have full GPS
navigation software for these charts called FUGAWI Marine ENC
available, see http://www.fugawi.com/docs/navframe.html. This product
also supports traditional raster BSB nautical charts such as Maptech.



"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What's your favorite viewer for these charts? On a busy day about a month
ago, I tried one from the list at this site and it was awful. I believe it
was from Seven Cs.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 07:05:00 GMT, "Neophyte"
wrote:
=========================================

The gov'mint has already started releasing their next generation of
electronic charts on the internet for free, which is exactly what the
original price should have been.

Do you have a pointer to the location of the charts of which you speak?
;^)

Cheers-thanks.

===============

http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/index.htm

On 9 Oct 2003 06:07:45 -0700, (John) wrote:

The free ENC Charts are being developed by NOAA for all U.S. coastal
waters. There is a good FAQ he
http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/staff/faq.htm#encfaq

Also, the Army Corps of Engineers are making ENC charts (also FREE) of
the Inland waterways (called iENCs, see
http://www.tec.army.mil/echarts/inlandnav/index.html


damn, that's a useful site...thanks...
---------------------------
to see who "wf3h" is, go to "qrz.com"
and enter 'wf3h' in the field

Well, maybe I'll try it again. But, the 7C's viewer was one of the most
hideous pieces of software I've ever used. Free is no excuse for that,
either.

"Keith" wrote in message
...
7C's is probably the best of the bunch! The free charts are never going to
have the detail of the other stuff available, and are only going to cover
commercial shipping areas, nothing shallow. You get what you pay for! I
have
7C's and Fugawi's free viewers, and a few charts of my area. The second
generation charts are better, the 1st. generation are pretty plain Jane.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What's your favorite viewer for these charts? On a busy day about a
month
ago, I tried one from the list at this site and it was awful. I believe
it
was from Seven Cs.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 07:05:00 GMT, "Neophyte"
wrote:
=========================================

The gov'mint has already started releasing their next generation of
electronic charts on the internet for free, which is exactly what
the
original price should have been.

Do you have a pointer to the location of the charts of which you
speak?
;^)

Cheers-thanks.

===============

http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/index.htm

Haha! Hey, I didn't say it was good, just the best of the bunch IMHO, as
well as some others.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Well, maybe I'll try it again. But, the 7C's viewer was one of the most
hideous pieces of software I've ever used. Free is no excuse for that,
either.

"Keith" wrote in message
...
7C's is probably the best of the bunch! The free charts are never going
to
have the detail of the other stuff available, and are only going to
cover
commercial shipping areas, nothing shallow. You get what you pay for! I
have
7C's and Fugawi's free viewers, and a few charts of my area. The second
generation charts are better, the 1st. generation are pretty plain Jane.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
What's your favorite viewer for these charts? On a busy day about a
month
ago, I tried one from the list at this site and it was awful. I
believe
it
was from Seven Cs.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 07:05:00 GMT, "Neophyte"
wrote:
=========================================

The gov'mint has already started releasing their next generation
of
electronic charts on the internet for free, which is exactly what
the
original price should have been.

Do you have a pointer to the location of the charts of which you
speak?
;^)

Cheers-thanks.

===============

http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/index.htm