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Re: [PUP] Coastal Explorer - Version 1.1 due soon, at a price

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randyha@comcast.net
Fri, May 13, 2005 6:32 PM

"One man's floor is another man's roof."
or, "Trash - Treasure"
or, Cave/Home - Castle"
or, if you prefer: "These Romans are crazy":

Randy Hamblin

-------------- Original message --------------

At 12:54 PM 5/13/05 -0400, you wrote:

as i've said before, chart plotter software is not rocket
science. some of the best GIS software in the world is open
source and the distance from GIS to "chart plotter" is pretty
small. historically the problem has been cartography. with

Rocket science it is not. Your comments are dead on the money. The chart
plotting market is mostly nonsense, with bloated features and outrageous
prices. The only product worth the money is Outdoor Navigator.

Regards,
Mike

Capt. Mike Maurice
Tualatin(Portland), Oregon


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"One man's floor is another man's roof." or, "Trash - Treasure" or, Cave/Home - Castle" or, if you prefer: "These Romans are crazy": Randy Hamblin -------------- Original message -------------- > At 12:54 PM 5/13/05 -0400, you wrote: > >as i've said before, chart plotter software is not rocket > >science. some of the best GIS software in the world is open > >source and the distance from GIS to "chart plotter" is pretty > >small. historically the problem has been cartography. with > > Rocket science it is not. Your comments are dead on the money. The chart > plotting market is mostly nonsense, with bloated features and outrageous > prices. The only product worth the money is Outdoor Navigator. > > Regards, > Mike > > Capt. Mike Maurice > Tualatin(Portland), Oregon > > _______________________________________________ > Passagemaking-Under-Power Mailing List