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.
v3.2 [Feb 28, 2013]
- Complete update of user Options dialogs and context menus, incorporating modern graphics and uniform styles.
- Significantly enhanced navigation instrument input and output options, including extensive network connection capabilities supporting TCP, UDP, and GPSD data sources.
- User Interface theme support, with OpenCPN traditional as well as two new low profile themes.
- Enhanced clipboard support, including interfaces to external KML data sources.
- Enhanced Tide and Current dataset support, including modern fully binary datasets.
- Various improvements in the display and tracking of AIS data targets.
- Automatic Great Circle route generation options.
- Significant enhancement of the Dashboard PlugIn, including a user interface options and a variety of stylish, various instruments.
- Improved sound system support for linux hosts.
- Major update to embedded Users Manual.
- Measurably improved performance and reliability over all supported platforms.
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