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. It creates routes by inserting way-points; way-points are editable and can be added or removed from the routes already created. The program reads GPS data; if GPS is connected to the computer, your positions will be shown on the program's interface. If GPS is not available, this program may be used as a simple planning tool.
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.
v2.6 [Dec 29, 2011]
1. Implement Smooth Zoom/Pan option.
2. Implement OpenGL option.
3. Correct application startup position algorithm for Windows (FS#591)(FS#627)
4. Correct quilted chart selection logic for "RemoveChartFromQuilt" (FS#609)
5. Correct FullScreenQuilt enable/disable logic. (FS#608)
6. Change "North Up" context menu entry to "Chart Up" for skewed raster charts.
7. Add notation of config file location to Toolbar->Help
8. Improve AIS target removal logic (FS#588)
9. Correct PlugIn chart type initialization logic.
10. Improve NavObj file backup logic to eliminate invalid (FileNotFound) errors.
11. Implement application portability option (-p)
12. Document/update library dependencies to allow sound support for Ubuntu 11.04+ (FS#607)
13. Correct Drop Waypoint by CTRL-M for navobj persistence. (FS#652) Thanks David Tischler!
14. Correct mouse behaviour on Tide/Current window graph (FS#640)
15. Correct Console BRG report field for legs crossing IDL (FS#620)
16. Correct Route/Track delete and update logic (FS#658) Thanks PjotrC
17. Improve cm93 Chart InfoBox "Name" field in single chart mode. (FS#359)
18. Correct behavior on reported AIS Target Lat/Lon "unavailable" (FS#651)
19. Correctly show waypoints with both symbol="empty", and non-empty Name. (FS#612)
20. Correct AIS logic to show Brg=n/a if Range=0.0 (FS#637)
21. Correct TTG/ETA display logic when VMG<0.0 (FS#636)
22. Correct Waypoint edit logic relating to associated route segments(FS#648)
23. Improve GRIB and AIS Target List dialog positioning limits (FS#628)(FS#578)
24. Correct georeferencing for skewed polyconic charts in NorthUp mode (FS#600)
25. Improve sound effects behavior on anchor watch alarm (FS#607)
26. Implement preload of S57 Object Class list prior to initial vector chart load.
27. Correct Toolbar visibility on route create (FS#649)
28. Correct AIS target list sorting algorithm (FS#597)
29. Improve Route/Waypoint add logic (FS#626) Thanks ptizef!
30. Improve daily and import track naming logic (FS#633) Thanks pjotrc
31. Correct Windows HTML Hyperlink load to embedded anchor point. (FS#646)
32. Upgrade to wxWidgets 2.8.12
33. Shift to Microsoft VS2010 for Windows builds
34. Correct chart file update time checking logic (FS#623)
35. Correct Dutch ENC chart rendering (FS#586)
36. Correct Tide column title for Unicode (FS#662) Thanks pjotrc!
37. Optimize track storage in navobj.xml
No GUIDs, point names, symbols, types or opencpn extension attributes on track points
No point timestamps on imported tracks, unless present in import GPX file
38. Optimize Track Properties dialog for improved performance.
39. Add "libsdl1.2debian" as a necessary dependency for .deb packages (FS#603)
40. Correct GPX path memorization logic (FS#625) Thanks ptizef
41. Correct RouteManagerDialog sorting logic (FS#629) Thanks ptizef
42. Apply patch to save layer visibility state (FS#635) Thanks pjotrc
43. Improve AnchorWatch functionality (FS#634) Thanks pjotrc
44. Implement IENC2.0 Overlay cell type rendering. (FS#604)
45. Correct Windows comm port setup for Bluetooth connections (FS#381)
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