By Russ, on April 28th, 2007
Fantastic aerial views of marine charts on to Google Earth!
Check out EartNC limited to North America at the moment:-(
EarthNC for Google Earth is the first ever integration of NOAA ENCs, marine weather and real-time positioning data directly into the Google Earth platform. EarthNC Marine charts feature full-integrated Google Earth renderings of over 600 official NOAA and 70 U.S. Army Corps of Engineering ENC charts.
Sailors now see satellite images of sailing areas with links to :
bathymetric data
AIS data
Weather data
Navigation aids
Tide data
National radar
They even claim that with a laptop running Google Earth and a low-cost GPS
…….Click Marine Charts for Google Earth ! …. to continue reading
By Russ, on April 12th, 2007
HTC have started to ship the HTC Advantage X7501.I think you could easily use this small but very capable device as a substitute for a laptop on board. It has USB ports for interfacing to a NMEA/Seatalk multiplexer and has enough hard disc to store maps and enough power to run charting software….
This is a PDA + GPS + Camera + a multi-region Phone that :-
Runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 6
8 Gb hard disc
624 MHz CPU
mini SD storage card
3 megapixel camera with auto focus and flash
Built-in GPS
5-inch VGA display
HSDPA/UMTS (2100 MHz for Europe, 850/1900 MHz for USA)
Quadband
…….Click HTC 7501 Better than a laptop on board ? …. to continue reading
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