April 13, 2015 19:42
I'm having a little trouble understanding how to load raster chart files for MacEnc. It seems like this topic must have been covered long ago, but I can't find it.
The program came with a DVD labeled BSB 3, but it is unreadable.
The NOAA chart downloader results in a folder called BSB_ROOT, which contains many subfolders, each containing one or more files of .kap and .bsb formats.
From the chart manager window, if one selects BSB_ROOT, a box appears saying that it contains no charts. If one selects some (but not all) of the individual subfolders, they appear in the chart manager window with the first few characters of the name of the chart contained in each sub folder. Many of the subfolders appear in the chart manager window, but there is no indication that they contain any chart.
If one selects one of these (at random, since there is no way to determine which chart is which) and clicks the "scroll to" button, one can then toggle between raster and vector charts for that one location. But not any other location.
So: Is this the file structure that the program expects? Should I rearrange these files somehow so the charts are all in one folder? Which files?
Is there any way for MacENC to "know" which raster chart to toggle to, based on the location being viewed in vector mode?
It doesn't seem very useful like this, unless one just always stays on one chart.
The program came with a DVD labeled BSB 3, but it is unreadable.
The NOAA chart downloader results in a folder called BSB_ROOT, which contains many subfolders, each containing one or more files of .kap and .bsb formats.
From the chart manager window, if one selects BSB_ROOT, a box appears saying that it contains no charts. If one selects some (but not all) of the individual subfolders, they appear in the chart manager window with the first few characters of the name of the chart contained in each sub folder. Many of the subfolders appear in the chart manager window, but there is no indication that they contain any chart.
If one selects one of these (at random, since there is no way to determine which chart is which) and clicks the "scroll to" button, one can then toggle between raster and vector charts for that one location. But not any other location.
So: Is this the file structure that the program expects? Should I rearrange these files somehow so the charts are all in one folder? Which files?
Is there any way for MacENC to "know" which raster chart to toggle to, based on the location being viewed in vector mode?
It doesn't seem very useful like this, unless one just always stays on one chart.