How to Create Your Own Charts for OpenCPN: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Hi!
We can see on the open screen other information from the nmea such as tank level etc?

Open CPN is the only reliable chart if you wish to navigate at Cuba

Really agreat video David ! lots of usefull info. And free charts are the best ! no ... The best was to now about MaintenaceROS ! I am now already a member. And looking forward to the "offline funcionality". All the best and good winds

it does not work. it can't find any cards you can use for anything. only google maps works. and the other program to download the cards doesn't work either, there's an error in the code so it can't open the things it needs to open so it stops every time

wow what a powerful tool, dozens of in depth navigational charts all on one user friendly interface for anywhere in the world, all for free, how are the big companies not shutting this down?

HI David. Many thanks for your open CPN videos. I downloaded everything and got loads of great maps. However, am now having trouble downloading maps. Its coming up with this error each time, even though I've uninstalled and re-installed all the programs and checked the settings many times.
this is the error it comes up with. Do you have any thoughts about what I'm doing wrongly? Many thanks for your time. Margy

Error: the SasPlanet window has jumped into the foreground.
Cannot continue, please check the SasPlanet window
Error: downloads failed twice because of download problems for:
hlg=quilt_HLG_riao_islands_1693397516.hlg
Map Name=Selected SasPlanet Map
The chart was not created. You should rerun the path/polygon
Error: unable to complete SasPlanet request.
If SasPlanet is in Full Screen Mode, turn it off
Try increasing the Typing Delay in the the Options panel
SasPlanet may need to be restarted.

HI David. Wonderful videos, thank you so much. I downloaded all the programmes and was doing really well getting the maps I wanted, then it all went a bit pear shaped. the error screen told me this error
Error: the SasPlanet window has jumped into the foreground.
Cannot continue, please check the SasPlanet window
Error: unable to complete SasPlanet request.
If SasPlanet is in Full Screen Mode, turn it off
Try increasing the Typing Delay in the the Options panel
SasPlanet may need to be restarted.
I've tried increasing the typing delay in google maps (even though I'm not using it) and just can't figure out what is stopping it from downloading.

Do you have any ideas?

Hi Dave, great video! We are heading off to the South Pacific next year and the charts I can now create for OpenCPN will be hugely helpful. Thanks for the time you have put into this.

Loving the OpenCPN series!! Thank you so much!

Wow, that was great! can we get the data of the world marine data for my projects like latitudes,longitudes, etc ...

Wow thanks for the work, does it work for Europe too ?

Wow, that was great! To be able to make a chart any where in the world 🌎, just wow… thanks!

Noooo! Please consider continuing the series. Thank you.

When you are in SAS planet downloading charts, do you still need your own subscription to each chart database? Seems like you would, but thought I'd ask

Thanks guys, stay safe.👍🏻💕🐾

Have you used several iPads sitting next to each other while navigating or do you prefer the MB tiles route?