February 5, 2011 05:46
Brent,
I share your enthusiasm although this site is not as "active" as it should/could be.
You're right about the GPS requirements provided that your iPad is the 3G model. GPSNavX is a great navigation application but it is limited to raster not vector charts so you may want eventually to upgrade to MacENC that can use both. NOAA provides both as far as I know.
Favored system? Other than Mac, not really
Although older Raymarine instruments use SEATalk protocol which posses some problems. Your Garmin chartplotter more than likely has a NMEA 0183 output (3 wires) which you can hook up to your Mac's USB port with a Keyspan USB/serial cable.
Don't forget to install the Mac OS X 10.6 driver for this cable.
There are a few other sites. This one is in French but there is a translation to English (button) that works pretty well. Navigation Mac
And you wouldn't want to miss anything on Panbo although it's not Mac bent.
I share your enthusiasm although this site is not as "active" as it should/could be.
You're right about the GPS requirements provided that your iPad is the 3G model. GPSNavX is a great navigation application but it is limited to raster not vector charts so you may want eventually to upgrade to MacENC that can use both. NOAA provides both as far as I know.
Favored system? Other than Mac, not really
Although older Raymarine instruments use SEATalk protocol which posses some problems. Your Garmin chartplotter more than likely has a NMEA 0183 output (3 wires) which you can hook up to your Mac's USB port with a Keyspan USB/serial cable.Don't forget to install the Mac OS X 10.6 driver for this cable.
There are a few other sites. This one is in French but there is a translation to English (button) that works pretty well. Navigation Mac
And you wouldn't want to miss anything on Panbo although it's not Mac bent.
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Jon Longworth
Jon Longworth