For Garmin devices you can use also the MapSource (or BaseCamp). You can create waypoints, routes and tracks and move them to the plotter using an SD (or MicroSD card). It is important to make sure that the card is first inserted into the chart plotter (the device would put its identifier on the card) so that when you are using the s/w on your PC, you can identify the destination of the data transferred.
MapSource is no cost download; however, it won’t install (usually) if you don’t have a Garmin product installed on your PC. How to solve that issue is too long a story to include it here, but as some on this list can attest, it is doable. Marek ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 09:40:47 -0500 From: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Chartplotters Question Message-ID: <632f899c-fef9-4ad1-883d-8219fdb7f...@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" That is exactly how the Garmin plotters on my boats work, the Garmin software is called Homeport, and cost something like $20. Set up routes on the pc, copy to an SD card, and put the SD card into the plotter. You can also uploadActive Captain to the plotter the same way, and this makes the crowd sourced info on hazards, marinas, fuel prices, etc come up on the plotter display. Rick brass
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