Bob F Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Rumour is that Navionics will be bringing out their "Platinum" plotter chart software this Summer. It supposed to be similar to C-Maps Max software but with a few extra goodies. Not sure which plotters will be compatible with it. BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted May 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Just found this... February 17, 2005 Navionics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted May 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 ...and some more. Raymarine E series is Platinum compatible, but will require a software update when the new charts become available. Raymarine and Navionics worked closely on the development of the charts. The E series has a graphics co processor, which makes the features of the Platinum charts work (3-D bathymetric and some other features). C Series is intended to be more of an entry level product and compete with the Lowrance, Garmin and C-Map based plotters (Standard Horizon, Interphase, Si-Tex). [so probably is not Platinum compatible] E Series is upgraded with heavier construction (Aluminum chassis) and networked features, as well as video input and output capabilities. While C and E series look almost identical, and operate with the same keystrokes, they are very different units internally. They even use different software. So is it good stuff? yeah, the screen is pretty good, although the E series is a little unforgiving when viewed from an angle (surprisingly the C series wasn't). [from this post it sounds like a plotter will need plenty of computing power to take advantage of the Platinum features, so many of the existing plotters that use Navionics Gold may not be able to use Platinum] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coddy Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Hi Bob I would give such a new development a miss for a while until all the bugs have been sorted out and the main reason the price drops to a more realistic level. Like anything in the PC world, the software is only as good as the programing, just ask Mr.Gates Let the yanks spend their money and test out the software first. Coddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted May 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Yeh, I know what you mean. Just read a post which says the Raymarine E series is the only plotter that can handle it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.