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Hello,

I thought I'd pass along two applications I find useful if one navigates without a keyboard.

[url=http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23013]Minuteur is a simple timer. One simply drags its time "ruler" to activate it.

[url=http://www.yellowmug.com/snapndrag/]SnapNDrag is a screen capture tool that, unlike Apples Grab, will sequentially name the captured files.

-Wendell

Marinewright, Ltd. has released a suite of yacht management software products. The basic version is marinewright and details are available at the website. marinewright pro is an advanced version for professionally managed yachts.

http://www.marinewright.com/

Can I make a suggestion? I would like you to swap the [create a waypoint=double click] and the [center chart window=option click] commands.

The reason is that in Google Earth and some other programs double-clcking centers the clicked point and I am forever double clicking in MacENC and getting an unwanted waypoint, which I then have to delete.

It seems to me that centering the chart is a more common action than creating a waypoint so it should be associated with a simpler hand-gesture.

Steve

BTW, I don't understand the difference between [drag] and [command-drag] in Measure Mode.

Has anybody used this adaptor - USA-28XG - to interface to NMEA? If so what pin connection did you use?

Anyone know what's happened to Panbo? (http://www.panbo.com)

If you haven't visited it before, it's one of the top blogs for marine electronics news...

If I get the above AIS unit, will my G4 iBook be powerful enough? ?? ??? ????

Can I request support for Navtex receivers within GPSNavX and MacENC?

"Navtex is a world-wide system of navigation, Safety and Weather wrnings broadcast by individual nations under the general authority of th IMO (International Maritime Organisation). Broadcasts are required to have a minimum coverage of 400 nautical miles from the broadcast station, normally better than this can be expected. Because of the better propagation of radio waves by night much longer distances of 1000 miles or more are not uncommon. No licence is required and the information is free to purchasers of suitable equipment. The information is in English, though some nations, Spain for example, follow the English text with local language text."

The new Nasa Marine Navtex receiver actually buffers received transmissions in memory, so that you don't need to have your computer switched on to receive transmissions. ( http://www.nasamarine.com/Navtex/pcnavtx.html ) You just send it a simple command via RS232 and it them spools all buffered messages to your computer.

It would be really useful to have this information collected within GPSNavX, and possibly linked to latitude and longitude locations where appropriate. You could add a simple interface to allow filtering of messages by type or something... saves on the broadband / GPRS bills for downloading weather forecasts etc...

If you are a Shipmodul Miniplex 41 or 42 user on OS X please contact gpsnavx@mac.com for a new version 1.30 of the Miniplex configuration tool.

1.30 supports sending a NMEA file out to the Miniplex and the new AIS mode of the Miniplex 41 & 42 Bluetooth models.

http://www.shipmodul.com/en/miniplex-41bt.html
http://www.shipmodul.com/en/miniplex-42bt.html

I've just upgraded to a 13" MacBook. Very pleased with it although it seems to run noticeably hotter.

For my old IBook I purchuased a 12v car adaptor for about £15. I made a working assumption that there would be a similar solution fpr the MacBook but did not check before buying the MacBook.

Bad move.

Seems Apple have patented the "MagSafe" connection and not licensed it to anyone hence no 12 v power supply other than this one at US$169 plus shipping.

http://mikegyver.com/intlstore/index.html

Is there any other 12v solution?

http://www.gauchosoft.com/Software/Seaso...ggodh1bWRw

Gaucho Software's Seasonality 1.1.1 Universal binary.