It is not easy to compare prices of boating software, both options proposed by each publisher, duties included or options to add may vary. Nevertheless, since I started in the register « How much does it coast » with Navionics, here's a quick comparison of price quotations on the internet in October 2009. Some prices in dollars or pounds have been converted at exchange rates at mid-October and include VAT. (Prices updated 14 December 2009)
Software
MAXSEA
• MaxSea Easy V12.6
raster maps + GRIB + tides
Room 24 Road World + 1 Area retail choice (France / Spain / UK,…)
499 €
• MaxSea Navigator V12.6
vector maps + raster charts + GRIB + tidal streams
Room 24 Road World
598 €
• MaxSea Time Zero Navigator Classic 749 €
• Optional MaxSea (Routing, Performance, AIS), Module 300 €
• MaxSea Time Zero Navigator Pack World 5680 €
FUGAWI
• Fugawi Global Navigator 4.5
Raster charts
129 €
• Fugawi Marine ENC 4.5
vector maps + raster charts + GRIB + AIS
249 €
• Fugawi Marine ENC 4.5 + USB Card Reader
vector maps + raster charts + GRIB + AIS
Charting 1 Navionics Gold XL9 Region
459 €
EURONAV
• SeaPro 3000 Lite / Lite
Vector Livechart / + raster charts (Lite ) + AIS + Tides + TCP/IP
1 carte Live Chart GB / France Manche-Atlantique
Lite 160 € / Lite 270 €
Optional Navionics USB card reader107 €
• SeaPro 3000 Standard
Vector charts + raster charts + tidal streams + AIS + GRIB
375 €
Media player option Navionics charts 107 €
SCANNAV
• ScanNav
Vector charts + raster charts + Navionics USB (card reader not included)
120 € downloaded + dongle 45 € (to use multiple PCs)
Options : Tides 60 € 40 € by atlas SHOM • GRIB Weather 60 € • AIS 60 €
NOE
• Noé
SHOM scanned raster charts home made or C-Map Max NT or Navionics USB + tidal streams + AIS + GRIB
159 € Unmapped or USB drive
199 € Navionics USB card reader (chartless)
Option : Tides France 100 €
This regards the main software for PC. You may find it difficult to get an idea, all options are often numerous and the bill can rise quickly.
In this « jungle », our two applications for the Mac are much better placed in price / features :
GPSNavX
Raster charts + GRIB + AIS + Tides
48 € ($60)
MacENC
Vector charts + raster charts + GRIB + AIS + Tides + SailTimer + TCP/IP
145 € ($180)
Not to mention the ergonomics, but that is another story.
Charts
• MAPTECH Raster Charts (Western Europe) 131 €
• NAVIONICS Gold XL9 36XG (Western Europe) 238 €
• C-MAP WIDE MAX MW3 (Western Europe) 357 €
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It must still bear in mind that scanned maps, eg Tunisia, Sardinia, Sicily, used with GPSnavX are mostly unusable in detail. I had a night arrival at Vilasimius very limited aec mapping raster / GPSnaV X from Nav Scan. Fortunately I had a portable GPS chartplotter with a much more reliable mapping…..The minimum to navigate Med, I think maps and vector MacEnc……..
Francis hello,
Your plea for mac-navigation is convincing. User of a system comprising card reader, radar, pilot, VHF (Raymarine) AIS transmitter and receiver (ACR Nauticast-B Class B AIS Transponder) visible from the cockpit on the card reader, I wonder if it is possible to connect a mac to NMEA multiplexer that would allow me to recover all data (with the exception of the mapping, I would do in this case, the purchase of software and compatible maps MacENC) and prepare my sailing comfortably at the chart table.
Thank you