Navionics TurboView, a homage to NN3D
When Furuno NavNet 3D was first teased, I didn’t get the “native 3D” part…
Category: Charts
FLIBS, the iPhone effect
Everywhere I wandered at FLIBS, there was someone fooling with, or showing off, their iPhone. And that includes me, sort of, as…
Lake survey photo essay, thanks Navionics!
That strange graphic rendered on a laptop in a car trunk stuffed with foul weather gear and winter clothing represents a terrific experience I had yesterday, and a wicked lot of work. Compare the graphic—which is actually hundreds of thousands of GPS/depth data points…
Maptech Navigation, another good home found
Above is the new home page at Maptech.com, and while it represents the end of the old Maptech, it sure doesn’t mark the end of the Maptech name. In fact, the blue “Marine Software” tab takes you to a new company called…
GeoCoastPilot, early adopters needed!
(Psssst!…back at work but need a little distraction, preferably for a good cause?) The screen shot above is worth seeing full size, but even then doesn’t do justice to the highly dynamic GeoCoastPilot beta program I’ve been entranced with for the last hour or so…
Maptech print, new home at Richardson’s
This week Maptech sold it paper chart and guide book division to Richardsons’ Publications, which was already producing similar products. In fact, a principal there was working at BBA/ChartKit when Maptech purchased it in 1997.
RNC disruption, not as bad as it sounds?
The U.S. Government has stopped distributing electronic updates to the official raster charts for up to 12 months? That doesn’t sound good…
Memory-Map, new tricks and free starter edition
It’s wicked hot and sticky here, especially at this big computer, so what a fine time to receive a Panbot e-mail suitable as a guest entry! Richard Stephens—developer behind, and sometimes soggy user of, Memory-Map charting software—recently sailed aboard the Tripp 33 TRPXPRS in the Bermuda Ocean Race and reports:
NN3D chart issues II, & some news
If you’ll take a moment to read Ben’s comments on Panbo, you’ll understand the problem. There is data on the NOAA charts that is not on the NN3D raster chart view. There is a problem with the conversion from the Maptech format to TimeZero format.
Geez Louise! I may not have expressed myself well, but that’s not what I wrote about Furuno NavNet 3D chart issues last week. And the
Furuno NN3D charts, some issues?
The good news is that more Furuno NavNet 3D MFDs are getting delivered and installed; the bad news is that some of the first users aren’t happy with the charts, neither the rasters nor the vectors. For instance…
