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Gonoco on Live co-ordinates of Marine Vessles

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:21:36 +0000

Here's a thought. Security concerns might keep either the cruise lines or our government from wanting anyone to know the exact location of any cruise ship. I've done a lot of cruising and security seems to be a high priority which is good. Also my full time job involves international cargo logistics and believe me we can't even discuss the security issues we use with our best customers.

virgil on chart zoom

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:10:35 +0000

In the main GooPs menu (the small purple box), unpress the 'zoom' button (and tilt if preferred also). This will allow you to control zoom and tilt with the normal Google Earth controls while GooPs will maintain the view center and rotation aligned with your boat motion.

- Virgil

virgil on charts in green

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:08:50 +0000

When Google Earth 5 was released, Google changed the way polygon areas like the chart areas are shaded. You can uncheck the 'chart borders' folder in the Places menu under the EarthNC Chart index to eliminate the Green effect.

We changed the way we draw the polygons with update v2.14.

ehatch2086 on chart zoom

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:05:53 +0000

Am new user with Earth NC Pluse and using goops pro. When i am tracking myself on a chart after a while it automatically zooms in real close. I then zoom out and within a miniute it happens again - any thoughts

ayamnik on charts in green

Sun, 31 May 2009 22:14:12 +0000

i got the charts/GPS bundle and for some reason every time i click on charts of Mississippi and zoom in they turn green and hard to see any way to fix this???? also if i just click on the charts sometimes it will just zoom way out for no reason??

virgil on Offshore Structure and Depth Charts

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:17:41 +0000

Robert,
EarthNC Plus, our DVD vector chart product, includes all of the offshore charts (including depths, platforms, underwater pipelines, etc.) - coastal, general, and overview scales. As you noticed, these areas are not covered in the online free data which only show approach and harbor chart scales.

- Virgil

robert luke on Offshore Structure and Depth Charts

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:03:29 +0000

I am interested in planning trips offshore in the Gulf of Mexico between Corpus Cristi and Venice Louisiana. Looking at the free chart, I see no detail for offshore structure including oil platforms. Do he upgraded versions have this data, and do they have depth data for the offshore areas (25-200miles off), and not just the approaches, which appear to be listed? If so, which product, or bundle should I get. I'll only be using it at my desk in my office to plan, and not on my boat, where I'll use my garmin.

virgil on Does west coast raster cover Hawaii?

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:33:43 +0000

Yes, our West Coast Raster DVD includes the Hawaii Charts.

- Virgil

Jon Winsley on Does west coast raster cover Hawaii?

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:20:18 +0000

Does west coast raster nautical charts cover Hawaii?

virgil on How to retrieve a map from the gps

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:54:37 +0000

I don't have a Nuvi so I'm not sure if they support an 'erase all' method.

On the GPSMAP Garmin series, if you recopy a waypoint with the exact same name as one in memory, it will overwrite the old one. This allowed for fairly easy updates.

You could try this with a couple of waypoint in Google Earth to see what the Nuvi does.

-Virgil

Marsupi on How to retrieve a map from the gps

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:54:01 +0000

Thanks for helping.
However, I'm not sure to understand well. I have a Garmin Nüvi 250W. I don't find where to "push menu twice". Maybe then it depends on the version of Garmin unit.
The waypoints that I have transferred with TakItWithMe have all been placed in my "favorites", and their corresponding names well appear on the map.
I haven't found a way to delete waypoints, except one at the time.

My other question is also, if I update either a "Mymaps" set of waypoints or a "Google Earth" set of waypoints, will this update the set of waypoints already put on my GPS, that is add the new waypoints to the existing set, or will it put a second copy of each waypoint already on my GPS? I haven't dared experimenting it, due to the fact that, in any event, I would have to erase all waypoint one by one!...

virgil on How to retrieve a map from the gps

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:33:04 +0000

You can delete routes from the Garmin Route menu (push menu twice and the select routes on many Garmin units).

Waypoints can be deleted from your waypoint menu in the same way.

Both menus should also give you an option to delete all routes if desired.

- Virgil

Marsupi on How to retrieve a map from the gps

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:20:39 +0000

I have successfully uploaded a “mymap” to my Garmin GPS. If I would want to erase it from my GPS, how should I proceed? The same, if I wish to update it, how to I proceed?

virgil on Working with the Google Earth Cache

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:14:01 +0000

Unfortunately, there is no way to disable the warning in the current version of Google Earth.

- Virgil

marcram on Working with the Google Earth Cache

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:22:17 +0000

Is it possible to disable the google earth warnings that you are offline and can only use cache? It is annoying to have google earth search for an internet connection, tell you it isn't available, and ask if you want to perform tests for connections.