Garmin Bluechart Americas Saltwater Windows

Los Cobanos, El Salvador, is located in Sonsonate one of the country's 14 provinces and home to the greatest coral reef system in the America's Pacific region. You cannot find a more spectacular coral reef system anyplace along the American pacific coast line from Cabo San Lucas to Tierra del Fuego. This pacific 'gem' is for galore a fishing reference when it comes down to selecting a prime destination of world class fishing and lowcost packages. The marine ecosystem and biodiversity of species account for magnificent targets for the duration of the arid and rainy season alike. The added value in the area may be credited to the All-Inclusive Hotel Royal Decameron Salinitas which is located 5 minutes away from the fishing grounds and the hotel facilities make Los Cobanos a will have to on any angler's agenda. A mere coincidence or a 'happy accident' like Bob Ross would have put it best, the hotel has come to gain life around the coral reef to spark tourism at world class level. Additional to the Central American tourists, on a on a monthly basis basis there are charter flights from Canada, United States, and the Czech Republic creating the perfective multicultural atmosphere. There is one action that prevails underneath the sunny days and the clear waters on the reef; fishing! The mutual denominator with a lot of guests seems to be a day of near shore, deep sea, or bottom fishing and celebrating post-fishing with a cold beer in hand. Fishing is also a outstanding way to meet new humans from other walks of life at Hotel Decameron and if you are journeying alone one of the tips we may part with you that works best, is to use the forums on the (trip advisor dot com website) as it will give you an probability to better coordinate your trip and meet other members to sign up to tours prior to your arrival to Hotel Decameron Salinitas. One company specializing in all-around tourism in El Salvador is the experienced (tours and amusement dot com) which may package a good deal of deals to your comfortableness and work with you on an itinerary that fits your needs and expected values prior to your arrival in El Salvador, Central America. For more selective information visit the author's website: http://www.fishelsalvador.com Garmin's exclusive line of BlueChart marine cartography merchandise is designed to provide interactional watching of elaborate nautical chart data. These elaborated electronic nautical charts look just like paper charts when displayed on your Garmin chart plotter. Descriptive details for features distinctively found on nautical charts may without apparent effort be viewed with a simple key press. Cursor movements over the chart provide descriptions for contour depths, chart number, navaid name, and much more. BlueChart selective information includes shaded depth contours, intertidal zones, spot soundings, wrecks, navaids, port plans, restricted areas, cable areas, anchorages, and more. Additionally, BlueCharts include selective information from the paper chart employed in the digitization process, such as chart number, name, scale, revision date, and Notice-to-Mariners date. Three MapSource BlueChart CD-ROMs are available: Americas, Atlantic, and Pacific. The Atlantic CD-ROM covers Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. One CD-ROM holds BlueChart info for an entire region. MapSource BlueChart is a Microsoft Windows-based program that uses Garmin Unlock technology, permitting you to use one coverage area from the CD-ROM when initially purchased and to buy further and added coverage areas. Internet access is commended for the unlock process. Compatible productions include these Garmin marine chart plotters: GPSMAP 176, GPSMAP 176C, GPSMAP 182, GPSMAP 188 Sounder, GPSMAP 232, GPSMAP 238 Sounder, GPSMAP 2006, and the GPSMAP 2010. BlueChart CD-ROMs are likewise compatible with Garmin GPS receivers that receive map data, including the GPSMAP 76, eTrex Vista, and eTrex Legend. Garmin Bluechart Americas Saltwater Windows Image Garmin Bluechart Americas Saltwater Windows Image Garmin Bluechart Americas Saltwater Windows Pic Garmin Bluechart Americas Saltwater Windows Picture Garmin Bluechart Americas Saltwater Windows Picture Garmin Bluechart Americas Saltwater Windows Picture

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117 of 120 people found the following review helpful.
Misleading and very costly: buyer beware
By Peter V. Owens
Although the packaging offers coverage of the U.S., Canada, Caribbean, and South America on this costly CD, you may only unlock a very fixed "region" with your original purchase. Says Garmin tech support, "When you buy BlueChart, you're entitled to one free region, and then further and added regions may be purchased for $116.65." The word "free" here reflects Garmin's in general abysmal use of language found on their Web site, a labyrinth of obfuscation tangled in their arcane and ultra-paranoid "unlocking" engineering science and concealed prices. Unlike their Topo and City Navigator CDs where you get a lot of maps for your money, BlueChart gave me a fixed sliver of southwest Florida for my buy price. When I went to load Cape Cod, I ran into I would need to pony up another $116 for this little region. To unlock everything on this CD would costs many, galore thousands of dollars, and nowhere is this clear to the unwary consumer.

What is in particular grating in all this is that Garmin relies on U.S. government maps and GPS satellites that we taxpapers have already paid for. I find the selling of Blue Chart genuinely deceptive, particularly given the important public safety significances of nautical mapping.

I would add that boat-towing travelers and nautical siteseers will need shoreside mapping and road info, for which these charts are useless, so you'll need further and added map merchandise and memory cards to show roads, parks, dining, and local amenities. Buyer beware.

71 of 74 persons found the following review helpful.
Comprehensive, fast, and easy to use
By Barnaby Dorfman
The Garmin "Bluecharts" are vector charts, which means they use mathematic algorithms to store all the lines and features of a nautical chart. I have steered away from these in the past because they tended to give up a lot of detail vs. "Raster Graphic" charts, which are basically photographic images of paper charts.

With "Bluecharts" they have gotten to a level of detail (including multiple colors) that they look closely as good as a paper charts. The vantages of vector charts is that they take up much less room on your hard drive and run much rapidly and without delay on a PC. This is important when you are zooming in and out to see your depth or proximity to a wreck while moving on a boat.

I use mine with an eTrex Legend and am competent to load most of the detail (depth, obstructions, nautical aids, etc) onto the handheld. For the full look of charts, I connect the GPS unit to my laptop. The package likewise includes tidal charts, which are much more elaborate and exact than the little tide chart booklets I applied to use. Overall, it makes navigation a breeze...your boat is mechanically represented on the chart and you have some simple tools to calculate distance/time to a given destination. It also incorporates further and added data on Marinas and service locations.

The Garmin application the charts run on, "MapSource" allows you to effortlessly switch amongst map types. I have "Americas Bluechart," "MetroGuide" (streetmaps), and "Tides and Marine Services," all without having to reconnnect the GPS unit.

The only hassle is the "Unlock" process, which is a bit time consuming and involves providing the Garmin internetsite with a bunch of codes, including the serial number of my GPS unit to unlock a set of charts from the CD-ROM. I'm not sure, but I think it will only work with that specific unit, which worries me a bit as I am thinking in regards to buying a second unit for backup.

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful.
Simply the best!
By A
I'll cut right to the chase--if you have a Garmin GPS unit that is MapSource compatible, and use it on the ocean, buy this CD! Garmin's Water Ways & Lights CD is a total joke equated to the BlueChart CD. The level of detail is an precise duplication of NOAA paper charts--very, very precise and very, very detailed. I use this software with my GPSMAP 162, and the only drawback is that with the detail level set to high, it slows the screen redraw rate down considerably. but, when you're in truth on the water, this isn't even noticeable. Bottom line--this is a great product.

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