GL: Charting

[Mark Doyle]

The official chart source for the Inland Waterways are Inland  
Electronic Navigation Charts (IENCs) produced by the US Army Corps of  
Engineers.

They are free (or can be purchased inexpensively on DVDs from  
certified electronic chart distributors).

Unfortunately, only a few e-charting applications support this free  
government cartography:

For PC
Coastal Explorer
Fugawi Marine ENC
NavSim BoatCruiser

For Mac
MacENC

We use a combination of e-charting applications running on our Macs  
and PCs as well as chartplotters with Garmin and Navionics charts.

Hope this helps,

Mark
www.managingthewaterway.com


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What kind of charting (electronic) gives best coverage for the inland  
waterways in the U.S. ? What do you use ?

Dave W

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