OpenCPN is a chart navigation program for vessels of any type and magnitude.
The program allows creating routes and tracking them if GPS is available.
The application accepts both Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) and Raster Navigational charts (RNC), which can be downloaded for free from the Internet. Tides and currents can be showed on the chart by enabling any or both of them on the toolbar.
OpenCPN is a light-weight program that doesn’t require too much space and memory on your hard drive. There is help documentation included into the program, but if it is not enough, you can find a lot of helpful information in different languages on the program's and other various websites. The application runs on Windows, Linux and MacOS platforms.
Pros
- Free
- Works with or without GPS
- Allows sending routes to the GPS
- Uses ENC and RNC charts
- There is a lot of information related to this
- program on the Internet
Cons
- I didn’t find any
You are making the download very difficult, shame.
Very useful program for sailboat navigation.
OpenCPN is very useful for us.