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NautiG program files:

NautiG.zip	70 mb	The program, directory structure, basic charts and satellite imagery
Charts_1.zip	100 mb	Florida Keys to North Carolina
Charts_2.zip	90 mb	North Carolina to Long Island Sound
Charts_3.zip	70 mb	Long Island Sound to Maine
Satellite_1.zip	40 mb	Two more levels of satellite imagery
Satellite_2.zip	130 mb	Final level of satellite imagery

If you can't tell, the above is a flash program. You can drag the map, just like in Google maps. You can click the buttons to zoom in and out. Although, you probably can't see the buttons very well unless you enlarge the map.

The program has nautical charts superimposed on satellite images. Kinda fun, but it's been done before. What I haven't seen, is an offline version which you can use on a boat without internet access. So that's what I've been writing the past few weeks. The files which make up the program are listed above. They include a lot of satellite and chart images, almost 500 megabytes worth, so I broke the program up into separate files.

The first file, NautiG.zip includes the basic files and program to get started. Once you unzip the file, you should see a directory structure which looks like this:



NautiG.exe (anchor icon) is the program. Subsequent chart_X.zip files should be unzipped into the the chart directory. Satellite_X.zip files should be unzipped into the satellite directory.

If you download and try the program, please let me know if it works, and what you think of it. I've installed it on three computers so far: two Windows XP computers and one Vista. So far, the program has run fine on all three. I'll ask family and friends to try the program over Thanksgiving, and then post about it on some sailing message boards. For the time being, the program only runs under Windows, although I have plans for Mac and Linux versions.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Picture from last year's Thanksgiving on the boat in NC.