T&T: [Fwd: RE: Map Formats]

[John Blackburn]

 The following is a reply to a question I raised with Rosepoint
Navigation about compatability of the NGA charts with Coastal Explorer.

Looks like Rosepoint has already made the conversion for you.

John Blackburn

44 DeFever "Yak Rack"
Deale, MD

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:

RE: Map Formats

Date:

Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:10:12 -0700

From:

Gregg Baker <gregg@rosepointnav.com>

To:

'John Blackburn' <jgblackburn@comcast.net>

Hi John,

The ‘Coastal Explorer Charts’ that ship with our retail product are
derived from the DNC data. We are not directly compatible with the charts
(Due to licensing restrictions on the DNC format) but we do have the 250
NGA charts available for the US included in our product in a converted
format.

As far as I am aware, no commercial product on the market is compatible
with the DNC format, I believe you have to be a government agency or
contractor to even download the charts. The files you can get from their
website are simply patch files to the DNCs.

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Gregg Baker
Product Support Engineer
Rose Point Navigation Systems, LLC.
P. (425) 605-0985 Gregg@rosepointnav.com
From: John Blackburn [mailto:jgblackburn@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 5:11 AM
To: support@rosepointnav.com
Subject: Map Formats

Can Coastal Explorer use charts produced by the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency that are available for public download? 
(the old Defense Mapping Agency)

John Blackburn

44 DeFever  "Yak Rack"