April 27, 2005 06:53
Does anyone know a good source of S57 charts for Europe?
I know that the UKHO sell S57 format charts.. however they're $24 per chart.. a little more than I'm willing to pay! At the moment I don't believe that they sell a discounted "pack"
It's worth mentioning that Euronav, authors of SeaPro on the PC, have UKHO S57-derived charts in their "Livecharts" format. They have charts for UK, Eire, Germany and the Netherlands.
I actually stumped out for Seapro Lite at the London Boat Show, as they're doing a deal whereby you get Livecharts for the whole of the UK for only £99.. useful for passage planning under Virtual PC
Brian from Euronav is pretty active on Yahoo's GPS-Navigator forum, and is aware of GPSNavX and the growing number of Mac-based sailors. If we can drum up enough interest, they could be interested in helping...
I know that the UKHO sell S57 format charts.. however they're $24 per chart.. a little more than I'm willing to pay! At the moment I don't believe that they sell a discounted "pack"
It's worth mentioning that Euronav, authors of SeaPro on the PC, have UKHO S57-derived charts in their "Livecharts" format. They have charts for UK, Eire, Germany and the Netherlands.
I actually stumped out for Seapro Lite at the London Boat Show, as they're doing a deal whereby you get Livecharts for the whole of the UK for only £99.. useful for passage planning under Virtual PC
Brian from Euronav is pretty active on Yahoo's GPS-Navigator forum, and is aware of GPSNavX and the growing number of Mac-based sailors. If we can drum up enough interest, they could be interested in helping...