T&T: Sale of Nobeltec to MaxSea

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How does  S63 differ from  S57 format?
following your  link I  see they claim to provide charts that meet
(IHO's) standards (S57 Version 3.1 and ENC Product Specification).

Second question.  The british Admiralty charts are focussed on commercial 
shipping use.  Given this is mainly commercial harbor approaches How does 
that  cater to recreational boat use  which often seeks to get as far away 
from these places as possible. I somehow doubt they  will provide the 
necesary depth of detail for out of the way places with water depths of less 
than 20 feet. So my question is how does that  make Admiralty charts good 
for recreational boaters?

Arild

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Cuttitte" <johncuttitte at hotmail.com>
To: <ken at kensblog.com>; <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: T&T: Sale of Nobeltec to MaxSea


> Coastal Explorer 2009 now supports the S63 chart format, and worldwide 
> charts
> are available from the British Admiralty AVCS (vector)
> http://www.ukho.gov.uk/ProductsandServices/ElectronicCharts/Pages/AVCS.aspx,
> as well as Navionics S63 Vector Charts from www.Chartworld.com.  I can't 
> vouch
> for thier quality, but the British Admiralty is the largest purveyor of 
> marine
> charts in the world and is the vendor of choice for worldwide commercial
> vessels.
>
>> From: ken at kensblog.com
>> To: trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com
>> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:45:39 -0700
>> Subject: Re: T&T: Sale of Nobeltec to MaxSea
>>
>> My group of three boats, known as the 'GSSR,' is now cruising in Asia.
> We've
>> been using Nobeltec, but are very disappointed with the chart coverage. 
>> At
>> least to me, this merger is one more reason to consider abandoning
> Nobeltec,
>> and swapping to something else, but what?
>>
>> Does anyone know of a package that has good chart coverage in Asia? I 
>> went
>> to Maxsea's site to see what they offer (http://tinyurl.com/7tektt), and
> the
>> answer seems to be 'very little'. Japan, China and Taiwan seem to have no
>> chart coverage whatsoever, if I am interpreting their chart catalog
>> correctly.
>>
>> So, I guess my question is, does anyone know which software has the best
>> chart coverage worldwide? Or, do I need to buy different nav software as 
>> we
>> circumnavigate; a package for North America, a different one for Europe,
> and
>> yet another for Asia?
>>
>> -Ken Williams
>> Nordhavn 68, Sans Souci
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