On 2004-08-27 16:31:47 +1000, "Meindert Sprang"
said:

"NIFFOCBT" wrote in message
...
Can you integrate several Sensors?.

Of course he can; with our multiplexers :-)

The type of plotter they use can sink and swim someone if
it is not done right. If a plotter is not set up correctly or fails at a
crucial moment then whats the use. You dont use a plotter on a nice
sunny
day. You use it when you are lost, tired, or in bad weather.


Triggered by the above remark I wonder why no company has yet written a
decent navigation package running on Linux.
I know this will stir up something, but I have been on a ship, developing
software to control a KVM switch that knitted 12 LCD's and 10 computers
together. All computers were running XP (!) except the one I installed for
controlling the KVM switch. This one ran linux and did the routing to four
selectable internet connections as well. Many of these computers had the
occasional crash, but the only one that kept on running was the Linux box.

Meindert
www.shipmodul.com

Well at the risk of stiring things up more...

We allready have a major unix based desktop that has very good
reliability and lots of applications software. It's called MacOS X. BSD
based it is really very good and very reliable. The major problem with
charting software for me is that all the packages I've looked at for
the Mac have support for BSB charts. This is great for NA and Europe
but utterly useless for Australia. ARCS and S57 are the way to go for
the future as this is where 'official' data will come from (hydro
offices).

Before anyone tries to convince me that there are BSB formated charts
for Australia I suggest you really look at the issue. There are none
that are usefull. This has been confirmed through several charting
software developers. Charting software is useless without charts!

The major commercial packages that support C-Map are a possibility as
both C-Map and Navonics have data sets that cover Australia. Just my 2
cents worth.

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Regards,
John Proctor VK3JP, VKV6789
S/V Chagall