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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: Greg B
Date: 2014 Jan 11, 20:44 -0500
Glad you found it useful - I first came across it when I switched from Windows to Ubuntu Linux on my laptop.
I then found out they made a app version for smart phones. I really don't like Windows; Win XP is tolerable,
and I run my legacy copy on the laptop in a dual boot configuration so when I boot up it asks if I want Linux
or XP. There is not much I need XP for; just a couple of really old windows applications and Netflix.
I like to take the laptop on the boat and use a program called 'opencpn' it is a chart plotter program that
uses NOAA BSB Charts straight from NOAA, it also interfaces with my autopilot, usb GPS, and has plug-ins for:
'World Magnetic Model Plotting' (draws variation lines on your chart at any interval you like) and celestial
navigation that draws the 'cocked-hat' on your chart. I also run some ham radio software under Linux too.
It looks like the weather may give me a break tomorrow (Sun,) and I may get to make some practice sights.
~Greg
On 01/11/2014 02:18 PM, Sean C wrote:
"I'm also running ICE on my smart phone using a cute little app called 'DOSBOX' that lets you open a window and run dos programs on your phone." -Greg Licfi
Wow! I use Dosbox for just this purpose on my pc, but I didn't even think to look for it in the Android/Google "Play" store. Tried it out and it works great. This is so cool!
Thanks, Greg!
Regards,
Sean C.P.S.
I use "Celestial" as well. Also a great app!
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