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Feature: Navtex overlay

On offshore trips I switch on Navtex MSI, using a Navtex decoder application (in my case YAND) running on my OpenCPN laptop. I find it boring and cumbersome to manually plot the LAT/LON coordinates from the Navtex messages on the chart. I have developed a beta version of an algorithm which extracts LAT/LON from Navtex messages, and it would be extremely usefull to have Navtex message indicators pop up in OpenCPN (e.g. with a message window on click/hover).

To accomplish this, it is possibly required to have a Navtex application like YAND or SeaTTY produce suitable, standardised Navtex message output. I am willing to coordinate work on this.

Imagine the coolness of an MF/HF radio linked to OpenCPN to show Navtex messages on your chart. I haven't seen this even on professional chartplotters; I think it would be unique!

Feature: Navtex overlay

On offshore trips I switch on Navtex MSI, using a Navtex decoder application (in my case YAND) running on my OpenCPN laptop. I find it boring and cumbersome to manually plot the LAT/LON coordinates from the Navtex messages on the chart. I have developed a beta version of an algorithm which extracts LAT/LON from Navtex messages, and it would be extremely usefull to have Navtex message indicators pop up in OpenCPN (e.g. with a message window on click/hover).

To accomplish this, it is possibly required to have a Navtex application like YAND or SeaTTY produce suitable, standardised Navtex message output. I am willing to coordinate work on this.

Imagine the coolness of an MF/HF radio linked to OpenCPN to show Navtex messages on your chart. I haven't seen this even on professional chartplotters; I think it would be unique!

I managed to build on debian wheezy arm without much of a hickup, although I had to change the CPackConfig.cmake file
SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE "armel")

I'm working on packaging OpenCPN for Fedora 15+ and EPEL 5+. I have setup my SPEC file with the following BuildRequires and Requires:
BuildRequires: gcc-c++
BuildRequires: cmake >= 2.8.3
BuildRequires: rpm-build
Requires: libstdc++-devel
Requires: gtk2-devel
Requires: wxGTK-devel
Requires: mesa-libGLU-devel
Requires: mesa-libGL-devel
Requires: gettext
Requires: bzip2-devel


the error I receive when building is:
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:91 (MESSAGE):
Could NOT find wxWidgets (missing: wxWidgets_FOUND)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:252 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake:831 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS)
CMakeLists.txt:104 (FIND_PACKAGE)

Am I missing a required package to build OpenCPN? What could be causing the problem?

Thanks,
Eric "Sparks"

Hi,

opencpn-2.5.0/plugins/dashboard_pi/src/ includes a copy of nmea0183/, but the copy is out of date and unmaintained as compared to the copy of the library in opencpn-2.5.0/src/nmea0183/.

the copy in plugins/demo_pi_sample/ is also out of sync but not quite as badly as the dashboard's one.

suggested patch:

rm -rf plugins/dashboard_pi/src/nmea0183/

-#include "nmea0183/nmea0183.h"
+#include "../../../src/nmea0183/nmea0183.h"



thanks,
Hamish

Hi,

opencpn-2.5.0/plugins/dashboard_pi/src/ includes a copy of nmea0183/, but the copy is out of date and unmaintained as compared to the copy of the library in opencpn-2.5.0/src/nmea0183/.

the copy in plugins/demo_pi_sample/ is also out of sync but not quite as badly as the dashboard's one.

suggested patch:

rm -rf plugins/dashboard_pi/src/nmea0183/

-#include "nmea0183/nmea0183.h"
+#include "../../../src/nmea0183/nmea0183.h"



thanks,
Hamish

2012-01-27 04:25:20 - hbowman commented on the chart brightness artifact

In all versions of opencpn untill latest beta 1310, the bottom bar in opencpn is rendered incorrectly, I think because my screen is a widescreen 16:9 (1920x1080)

The coordinates and course/speed are not completely visible in this bar (in windows 7) I added a screenshot...

On a 1920x1200 (16:10) screen even less of the letters is visible.

In all versions of opencpn untill latest beta 1310, the bottom bar in opencpn is rendered incorrectly, I think because my screen is a widescreen 16:9 (1920x1080)

The coordinates and course/speed are not completely visible in this bar (in windows 7) I added a screenshot...

On a 1920x1200 (16:10) screen even less of the letters is visible.

Hello,
i'm a french SAR cew member.
I would like to know if it could be possible to add a new feature that would consist in dragging not only a waypoint from a route but the entire one in order to define a search pattern.
thanks
Jean paul

Hello,
i'm a french SAR cew member.
I would like to know if it could be possible to add a new feature that would consist in dragging not only a waypoint from a route but the entire one in order to define a search pattern.
thanks
Jean paul

Requesting for OpenCPN software for android 2.2, if license version available planing to procure around 10 license keys for the same. Your prompt advice or support would be highly appreciated.

Requesting for OpenCPN software for android 2.2, if license version available planing to procure around 10 license keys for the same. Your prompt advice or support would be highly appreciated.

2.6.1310: Logbook entry contains garbage when GPS RMC doesn't contain COG data.

$GPRMC,065429,A,5200.0000,N,00300.0000,E,0,,120122,,*27

results in

7:54:29 AM: LOGBOOK: 2012-01-22 06:54:29 UTC OFF: Lat 52.00000 Lon 3.00000 COG -1.#IND0 SOG 0.00

P_Dub was the first user to report this using Canadian ENCs. I can repeat this using Italian and Spanish ENCs.
I caught a crash using ddd.
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f134/opencpn-version-2-6-beta-build-1310-a-74549-4.html#post862240

Tests Zoom to cursor :

Charts Quilting OpenGL Smooth zoom works
------ -------- ------ ----------- -----
CM93 yes in any cases
bsb no no no yes
" no yes no yes
" yes no no yes
" yes yes no yes
" no no yes yes
" no yes yes no
" yes no yes no
" yes yes yes no

Not working means zoom is not centred on the cursor

Jean Pierre

Hello OpenCPN community,

I was looking on the German inland water ENC charts and are missing information which exits in nature. First I had the opinum tht i is a chart error. Aksing the issuer shows me that the missing information should be in the ENC dataset. I checked this using a hex editor. It is true.

An original ENC dataset is on the attechment 1W5DEK02.000. The sign at 51 39.22N 007 21.72E should show unter Object Query the following german text "" und INFORM.

I see no INFORM under this object. On an other object I found the field INFORM.

I miss those information for a lot of signs in the german inland water ENC's. But theare exits in the ENC files.

This seems to be a bug, isn't it?

Regards Rainer

Ability to add avoid area with visual and audio warnings when nearing the area. For example: certain Rocks/reefs are not marked on small scale charts but are when u zoom in to a larger scale, I would like to be able to mark these rocks with maybe a waypoint marker, but have a warning radius around it. the waypoint would need a radius amount and warning/description message and checkbox for audio warning. on boat entering the warning radius area audio would say "Danger Warning" (or similar) with description/warning dialog also popping up saying whatever the user has created e.g. "ROCK AHEAD, avoid to EAST"
thank you for your assistance
garybullet

Ability to add avoid area with visual and audio warnings when nearing the area. For example: certain Rocks/reefs are not marked on small scale charts but are when u zoom in to a larger scale, I would like to be able to mark these rocks with maybe a waypoint marker, but have a warning radius around it. the waypoint would need a radius amount and warning/description message and checkbox for audio warning. on boat entering the warning radius area audio would say "Danger Warning" (or similar) with description/warning dialog also popping up saying whatever the user has created e.g. "ROCK AHEAD, avoid to EAST"
thank you for your assistance
garybullet

I think we might want to have a list of all entries in the config file that are only read by OCPN. Some are mentioned in the documentation, some aren't (or I couldn't find them...).

I can do the documentation, but I need some input:
-Is this list a good idea? Or are those entries 'undocumented' on purpose?
-Where is a good entry point in the documentation-index? I think a chapter under 'advanced' could be a proper place.
-What (read-only) config file entries are in use? Some are documented here (http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f134/opencpn-version-2-6-beta-build-1310-a-74549.html) and some in the documentation. Is there a list? (can do some intelligent grep on navutil.cpp, but that doesn't tell me which are read-only to OCPN...).