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Why do people pay for them and why do companies charge? Answer
In Response To: Stopped using vector charts with Open CPN 
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() To get the chart in the proprietary format that the chartplotter needs... be it some fancy cartridge or some specific format.
I use paper charts for the most part, but I have a handheld CP... and dammit even though I knew where the opening in the LB breakwater was... I could not find it on my Garmin handheld until I zoomed right into it.
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- VOR Team Vestas Wind being abandoned in Indian Ocean...
- That's strange...Also generally called St. Brandon
- Latest Statement from Volvo Ocean Race Site
- New Incident, Old Mistake
- I've gotta assume fatigue was a likely contributor...
- You have to zoom in?
- I don't buy the zoom in thing
- Which CP does that?
- Our Standard Horizan .....
- I prefer raster charts when available
- Stopped using vector charts with Open CPN
- Why do people pay for them and why do companies charge? Answer
- I normally have both......
- Stopped using vector charts with Open CPN
- I prefer raster charts when available
- Furuno NN3D
- Our Standard Horizan .....
- I generally agree most of those points
- Which CP does that?
- I don't buy the zoom in thing
- Yes, fatigue on more than just the navigator and captain
- You have to zoom in?
- I've gotta assume fatigue was a likely contributor...
- Satphone interview with Team Vestas' skipper...
- That's strange...Also generally called St. Brandon