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Freeware chart program
From: Rick Emerson
Date: 1999 Jan 16, 15:23 EST
From: Rick Emerson
Date: 1999 Jan 16, 15:23 EST
FYI Rick S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35 ------- start of forwarded message (RFC 934 encapsulation) ------- From: "Gerbstadt, Fred" <Fred.Gerbstadt@XXX.XXX> Sender: owner-live-aboard@XXX.XXX To: live-aboard@XXX.XXX Subject: lv-ab: SeaClear Is GREAT Free Software. Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:57:54 -0500 I wrote a program which I thought was a help in planning cruises. You enter a set of waypoints and it would prepare a report of distances between waypoints, bearing to each waypoint and sailing time at the average speed you select. A really boring program! But it helps me dream of all the places I want to see before hanging up the oilies for good. In searching the web I found a site that has a million times better program. It is the program I wanted to write but decided it would take me too long to prepare. It displays a chart of the area you want to cruise (charts come with the program!) and you just place a cursor on a waypoint and 2 click. Voila! You have captured the waypoint Lat/Lon. It also interfaces with a GPS to indicate the position of your boat on the chart! Also you can interface it to your autopilot! The only drawback I can detect is that it does not make the morning coffee. I am sure the author, Olle Soderholm, is working on that, too. I have no connection with Olle.... I just found it on the web, installed it and took it for a test spin and have to give Olle Soderholm, the author, a hats off. The site for downloading it is: http://www.maritimo.com/freesoft.stm Sorry but you'll have to copy the URL to your browser. I can't make it a link with MS Exchange (bad software!). FRED N3UZD COOCHI, laid up for winter in N Chesapeake. The days are getting longer... it won't be long now. Only a few more winter storms to endure ... then I'm outa here! ___________________________________________________________________________ || The Live-Aboard List : send a "subscribe" or "" request || || in body of message to: live-aboard-request@crux.astro.utoronto.ca || ------- end ------- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=