Category: Nautical charts

Posts related to nautical charts (navigational charts), ENC, oeSENC, S-57, S-63, OpenSeaMap, Navionics, Garmin Bluechart, C-MAP

Updating oeSENC charts on OpenCPN

Posted on By Jaykay No Comments on Updating oeSENC charts on OpenCPN
Nautical charts, Boating software, OpenCPN

The process of updating oeSENC charts includes a lot of steps. I have outlined them below. This process applies to OpenCPN 5.2.4. This assumes that you have oeSENC plugin installed on OpenCPN and have downloaded the charts already at least once. Most of this applies to first time download too. 1. Go to settings > … Read More “Updating oeSENC charts on OpenCPN” »

Nautical chart comparison: mobile apps, oeSENC and paper charts

Posted on By Jaykay 1 Comment on Nautical chart comparison: mobile apps, oeSENC and paper charts
Mobile apps, Boating software, Nautical charts, OpenCPN

In this post, I compare the nautical (navigational) charts from the following iOS mobile apps: Navionics Boating app, Garmin ActiveCaptain (using BlueChart g2 charts), 0100100 Merellä and Nautics Sailmate. In addition to those, I have also included oeSENC (vector chart) from o-charts.org and photos of the official TRAFICOM paper charts. The app screenshots are full … Read More “Nautical chart comparison: mobile apps, oeSENC and paper charts” »