March 13, 2007 06:56
I bought my charts from Chartworld http://www.chartworld.com . The supply "official" S57 charts that you need to by on a per chart basis (and are quite expensive) or Navionics charts, in S57 format.
I've got the Navionics "English Channel - Northern Part" chart pack (€150) that covers most of my sailing area.
![[Image: 1I02019_S_ENGLISH_CHANNEL_-_NORTHERN_PAR...0_ICON.PNG]](http://www.chartworld.com/Files/Units/1I/02019/4.3.0//1I02019_S_ENGLISH_CHANNEL_-_NORTHERN_PART_4_3_0_ICON.PNG)
The Navionics charts, in general are good value for money, and roughly comparible to prices for Maptech raster charts of a similar area. There are some minor MacENC rendering issues (as apparently Navionics use some non-standard S57 attributes for things like place names), but I find the charts perfectly adequate. Anyway, I believe that MacENC is currently being enhanced to use IHO symbols which will improve chart appearance.
If you'd like to see some example renderings of Solent charts, check out [url=http://www.macsailing.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=142]this post or [url=http://web.mac.com/jonknight/iWeb/High%20Spirit/Technical.html]these images .
There are instructions on how to register your account with Chartworld and MacENC [url=http://www.gpsnavx.com/pdf/ChartWorld.pdf]here...
Hope this helps!
I've got the Navionics "English Channel - Northern Part" chart pack (€150) that covers most of my sailing area.
The Navionics charts, in general are good value for money, and roughly comparible to prices for Maptech raster charts of a similar area. There are some minor MacENC rendering issues (as apparently Navionics use some non-standard S57 attributes for things like place names), but I find the charts perfectly adequate. Anyway, I believe that MacENC is currently being enhanced to use IHO symbols which will improve chart appearance.
If you'd like to see some example renderings of Solent charts, check out [url=http://www.macsailing.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=142]this post or [url=http://web.mac.com/jonknight/iWeb/High%20Spirit/Technical.html]these images .
There are instructions on how to register your account with Chartworld and MacENC [url=http://www.gpsnavx.com/pdf/ChartWorld.pdf]here...
Hope this helps!