open cpn navigation

[paul anderson]

For those who are interested in downloading a navigation program that allows you to overlay google earth have a look at www. cruisersforum.com. Somewhere on the net one can download charts too.

cheers paul.

[Galway Bay]

I have not used them but NOAA is free and covers all the Pacific and pretty much the World, UK excepted for copyright reasons.

Again www.visitmyharbour.com have UK charts. There are various options - for £25 you can get a licence for life to select and download charts but there is a lot of scrolling through catalogues etc. to load up for a cruise, quicker is to buy a once-off of the whole UK this comes in DVD [cheapest] or dongle which is more costly - but for a small fee the dongle can be reloaded with new / corrected charts at intervals. The site is not so clear as to exactly what they are selling with each package - or so I found but maybe it's only me ? Still I am using the DVD and it is very good - the new Open CPN opens a folio of charts at once so no delay as you sail off the edge of one waiting as the new chart loads .And NO I have no commercial interest....

[paul anderson]

I see rgleason reckons zygrib is not as powerful as climatalogy for wxrouting?

[paul anderson]

Mate i here you, trust me as long asit works i am a happy camper, how is the build going?

[paul anderson]

pictures or it didn't happen mate.;-)

[paul anderson]

Here is a helpful link. http://www.mediafire.com/download/738cx3aon4d3lq7/MCN_II_-_Explorin...

[Ian Bamsey]

I can point you to another program that gives access to a range of free and commercial maps.

Try Oruxmaps for Andriod operating systems. It works with Google Maps, Google Earth, OpenseaMaps, TopOSM, USGS Vectors and many other online and file based sources. You can download (cache) any of these sources for offline use. Works well on a £150 10' pad computer in a waterproof cover.

AND it's Free!

[paul anderson]

If you have Opencpn well then looky here.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/ul6xtgytp9s5qet/DaOne.rar

[Ricardo Aráoz]

Thanks Paul!

[andy solywoda]

Ahoy,
     Please beware of malware that comes along with some of the downloaded apps.  Adaware seems to clear up things along with Spybot.
     Please, anyone who works out the bugs, post them. 
     Also post questions if you run into difficulties.  Sometimes it's too cold for epoxy work.

[James Henderson]

WOW, thank you to the person that posted the link, I downloaded and installed and nope no add-ware or other creepy crawlies, again thank you for a super link!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[andy solywoda]

malware was "scorpion saver" which was installed as an adware program, can be uninstalled like any other program.  interjected banner ads in craig's list.

[Ricardo Aráoz]

No way, just the usual paranoia.

Paul's zip file contained directories with charts that are meant to be read by OpenCPN, not executed. So long as you don't execute something (that would be an ".exe" file in wdws) but just read it, there is no chance for malware.

Bao Ya said:

Forgive me for asking, but what is all this talk about malware and addware  has anyone been infected while downloading from the links Ian and Paul has suggested here, if so please post the info!