I am looking at the Fugawi software and am presented with 3 choices on charting for Vancouver Island East. The first two are CHS BSB ($174) and CHS S-57 ($599). I understand the technical differences and am wondering everyone's opinion on the added value of the S-57 verses $425.
The third choice is Navionics Gold+ at $194 for a much larger area of coverage. I am able to find very little information on the format or detail of the charts. It appears they are not official charts and have been privately produced. This is not a great concern since I carry paper charts, but I have no idea as to detail or accuracy of the charts or for that matter the format they use. It appears to be vector, but doesn't say. thanks.
The third choice is Navionics Gold+ at $194 for a much larger area of coverage. I am able to find very little information on the format or detail of the charts. It appears they are not official charts and have been privately produced. This is not a great concern since I carry paper charts, but I have no idea as to detail or accuracy of the charts or for that matter the format they use. It appears to be vector, but doesn't say. thanks.