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How to Create Your Own Charts for OpenCPN: A Step-by-Step Guide
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How to Create Your Own Charts for OpenCPN: A Step-by-Step Guide
Getting charts for OpenCPN can be a bit of a pain. Not to fear though, as in this OpenCPN tutorial, we're going to walk through all the steps needed for you to create your own charts. And best of all? All the tools we'll use are free! We'll start by ex...
OpenCPN Plugins: My 5 Favorites
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OpenCPN Plugins: My 5 Favorites
If you've been following along with our OpenCPN series, you know how powerful and versatile this navigation software can be. But did you know that you can enhance your OpenCPN experience even further by adding plugins? In this video, I'm going to share wit...
The EASIEST Way to Get OpenCPN AIS & NMEA Data
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The EASIEST Way to Get OpenCPN AIS & NMEA Data
In our continuing OpenCPN tutorial series, we're going to show how you can easily get AIS and NMEA data into OpenCPN. We use the wifi network from our Vesper Marine AIS, but we'll talk about various alternatives and show HOW to setup the proper network co...
An easy way to create Satellite Overlays for OpenCPN –  Tips on Tuesday
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An easy way to create Satellite Overlays for OpenCPN – Tips on Tuesday
This is an easy way to create Satellite overlays for OpenCPN with a Mac or a PC in 30 minutes or less. That is the set up time, once you are set up, you can create a Satellite overlay in about 5 minutes start to finish. Anyone can do it now quickly, and...
OpenCPN Part 2 – Basic Planning & Navigation
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OpenCPN Part 2 – Basic Planning & Navigation
Next up in our series on OpenCPN, the free chartplotter alternative, is how we use the program for basic navigation and planning. We'll cover the following: 0:38 - Measuring Distances 2:43 - Querying Objects in ENC/Vector Charts 4:14 - How to Drop Waypoi...
OpenCPN Basics – The FREE Chartplotter Program
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OpenCPN Basics – The FREE Chartplotter Program
OpenCPN is a FREE program you can use for planning sailing routes, or you can get more in-depth and use it as a complete chart plotter. It is incredibly powerful, and yes, completely FREE! We use OpenCPN all the time aboard Starry Horizons so it was the ...