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For those who do not want to rely entirely on electronics, an unusual low-cost combination of electronics and paper charts, with a separate or built-in GPS depending on the model, lets you do many plotting functions using a mouse-like device.
[Precision Navigation, Brantham, Suffolk, UK]
Navigation software for PC or Pocket PC. Works with GPS. Primarily for land-based route planning and navigation. Office in the UK and US.
[Memory-Map, Inc., Ovid, NY, USA]
Combination fish finder and chart plotter.
[JRC, Seattle, WA, USA]
PC-based Electronic chart technology purposely designed for the small boat skipper. Uses vector charts, connects to a GPS receiver. Has functions for distance / bearing calculations and route planning. Unique voice output technology tells the helmsman whenever the boat approaches waypoints or dangers. Coverage for the North Sea, Baltic and Mediterranean.
[SevenCs GmbH, Hamburg, Germany]
Simple and straightforward PC-based chart plotter, an introduction for the novice to electronic navigation. Comes with software and set of charts on one CD and connects to your GPS. Claims an upgrade path to more sophisticated software without leaving the purchased charts behind.
[United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, USA]
Fixed-mount chartplotter can be interfaced with depthfinder.
[Garmin International Inc., Olathe, KS, USA]
PC chartplotter software and digital charts with 2-D to 3-D charts, aerial photos, tides and currents, and the ability to see your GPS position on a chart. Software can be purchased without maps as Offshore Navigator.
[Maptech, Inc., Amesbury, MA, USA]
Makes a large line of GPS and WAAS receivers. Website includes useful tutorials on the technology behind their products from the consumer′s point of view.
[Lowrance Electronics Inc., Tulsa, OK, USA]
On-line trip-planning software with planning maps, strip charts for your route (nautical, bathymetric or photo), weather conditions and forecasts,, Notice to Mariners, weather buoys, and light information.
[IMAPS, LLC, Columbia, IL, USA]
PC-based navigation software that displays a wide range of charts and will interface with GPS and other instruments. Also available in a pocket edition for Pocket PC′s.
[Global Navigation Software Co., San Diego, CA, USA]With electronic charting, a few mouse clicks on various harbors can yield a very quick answer to the question, how quickly can we be tied up and in a warm shower?
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