opencpn:opencpn_user_manual:plugins:charts
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# Charts

Chart Downloader (Plugin Included in Program download)
Download, install and keep up to date the navigational charts provided by various free governmental sources worldwide directly from within OpenCPN's Toolbox. Supports both the raster and vector charts for the US waters provided by the NOAA, official raster navigational charts published by Argentina, Brasil and New Zealand (covering also huge areas of the Pacific ocean) as well as electronic charts of the inland waterways of the USA and more than a dozen European Union countries.
S63 Vector Charts (O Charts)
A plugin that makes it possible to display standard commercial charts.
This plugin has a totally different display format and is integrated in the main program.
See O-Charts S-63 Vector charts for OpenCPN which has a link to VAR Chartworld for ENC charts.
oeSENC (O Charts)
A Plugin for Vector charts licensed from official bodies for OpenCPN, especially for users in Europe. This is an encrypted format with its own plug-in, the oeSENC plug-in. Special and exclusive for OCPN Derived from S-57, but already in an easy to digest format for OCPN (ocpn encrypted SENC). These charts will be distributedd through o-Charts very soon at very good prices for vector charts this up to date. Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and the British Isles will be first with France, Iceland and Crotia will follow soon after.
NV Charts
The NVC charts are purchased only from the German publisher NV Verlag This plugin runs NVC Charts.
BSB4 Charts
A plugin which makes it possible to use MAPTEC encrypted BSB4 charts for which encryption certificates have been purchased and registered on the computer running OpenCPN.
VentureFather Satellite Kap Charts
A plugin which makes it easy to create google earth, bing and nokia kap files. In some areas of the world a satellite chart is more accurate than even the official chart. This plugin allows satellite charts from Google, Bing or Nokia to be downloaded via the VentureFarther server.
VisitMyHarbor
Has charts for UK, Ireland, Near Contenant, Iberia. VisitmyHarbor
Other Sources
See OpenCPN User Manual for other Chart Sources.