Best for NavLog
- OpenCPN (Web site)
- Calibre (powerfull eBook manager)
Set « C:\Program Files\Calibre2\ebook-viewer.exe » as ePub reader in the NavLog configuration (Installation tab)
- Google Earth
Set « C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth Pro\client\googleearth.exe » in the NavLog configuration (Installation tab)
soENC charts for OpenCPN (Web site)
CM93 charts for OpenCPN (ZIP download, possible copyright infringement)
Cartography & Charts
- Online Navionics charts viewer (Web site)
Navigation
- JTides (Web site)
- Tides (old Web site) – For copyright reasons, it was superseded by JTides, but it contains much more European tide stations.
Download tides 3.7 anyway (copyright infringement). See also More locations for JTides. - NavMonPc (Web site)
- zyGrib (Web site)
- XyGrib = OpenGrib (Web site)
- Cool Timer (Web site, used to wake me up)
- Franson GpsGate Splitter (Web site, NMEA communication multiplexer)
Utilities
- COM Port Plug & Play blocker. Sometimes Windows is mixing GPS and Mouse inputs. Then, the mouse becomes crazy, moving all the time and clicking everywhere. This utility allows to block the plug & play feature on the selected COM port(s).
Warning : this tool must be installed by the « Administrator » (right click the installation program and select « Run as Administrator »). - Java (required for some apps)
- 7-Zip (compress/uncompress files)
- Sumatra (simple PDF reader)
Links
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Pierre Lavergne (Web site, infos & downloads)