2017-10-18, 10:26 AM
(2017-10-16, 03:46 PM)seandepagnier Wrote: I don't think qtvlm should be included because it has no source code. We should report this violation to sourceforge, they should not be allowed to host on that site.
Furthermore, could someone please explain what (if anything) this software provides that isn't already possible using opencpn?
opencpn can download grib files from requested areas from the grib plugin
opencpn can compute weather routes with the weather routing plugin
mbtile charts can be easily converted to kap files and loaded into opencpn
If there is anything qtvlm does better, I want to know about it, so I make opencpn do that, even better.
I cannot even try qtvlm because there is no binary for my platform (arm64) and so it cannot even run. OpenCPN would not compile on arm64, until I modified the source code (pull request pending) and now it works great. Too bad I cannot recompile qtvlm so that I can actually use it.
I agree but mainly i will use not opencpn just for AIS... The problem is that opencpn converting the mbtile charts to KAP step is not as easy as you describe... i speak for the most common use in europe... and this is rivers and lakes.
Mbtiles i have and tiles too but the converting my power of the laptop is not enough.as long the charts policy in OpenCPN is so only to support the Kap filesits usefull for a lots of people but not inside Europe and river use... From my position i can say the most use for this that the KAP files are only available for Europe its a part to drop and kick OPENCPN. I did need just for the Ijseelmeer to convert nearly 3 months!!!! And result in information is much more less for my needs than in Mbtiles. because here i can simulate a route and download the tiles during this simulation.
We are not lucky in Europe that the government give us for free the KAP files.
From this possition i think OPEN CPN is usefull for USA but not for Europe and i guess its the used file format