README.md

OpenCPN Extras

Complimentary files for use with OpenCPN, with an emphasis on community driven open source solutions, rather than commercial offerings.

As the repository grows we'll improve the directory structure.

• charts > various scripts to download charts from the internet
• icons > to use these icons copy to your opencpn config directory
• navigation > waypoints/nav marks useful for navigational purposes
• tides > data files for tide calculations
• weather > layers relating to weather services or features
• polar > pol files for different boats

Other great links

• OpenCPN Github Source
• Dave's Github Branch
• Pavel's OpenCPNScripts Github
• Auto-calibrated Weather charts in BSB format
• Pavel's OpenCPN wiki
• NGA Charts Github Project
• Journeyman's s57Data

Plugins

• KML Overlay Plugin
• World Magnetic Model Plugin
• Survey Plugin
• Google Earth Plugin
• Connector Plugin
• LogBook Plugin
• Voyage Data Recorder Plugin
• AIS Radar View Plugin
• FindIt

Points of Interest

• Tore/sinbad7's POI archive
• Tore/sinbad7's Video archive

Chart Sources

• Open Nautical Charts
• USGS Maps
• Dutch Inland U5Inland
• Zeeland Inland 20120611_U6
• OceanGrafix Commercial Vendor

Sources of Data

• British Oceanographic Data Center
• Grib files containing predicted surface currents of the North Sea and the Baltic
• MyOcean
• Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Software

• QtVlm opensource routing
• GIS Software
• MapCal
• MapCal-template-to-bsb-template
• MAPC2MAPC

Multiplex Software

• http://www.thomasknauf.de/seatalk.htm
• http://marinux.pk973.org/
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gypsy

Hardware

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Author Note

This is by no means an exhaustive collection, its just the beginning, every day I find new additions. The porpose of this project is to bring together all the great works to one central package to make it easier for new users to get all the good bits.

Please fork and contribute.

thanks ktec