| URL for description and latest version | Download File | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core FTP | coreftplite.exe | 3M | FTP client. I use it to update this web site. |
| Gimp | gimp-2.6.5-i686-setup.exe | 14M | Graphics package, kinda like Photoshop |
| Hugin | hugin-0.7.0_win32-setup.exe | 12M | Create panoramas from multiple images. Very powerful, but can be very easy to use. The one tedious manual step can be eliminated by also using Autopano-SIFT (below). For a tutorial on downloading and use, I wrote one here |
| Autopano-SIFT | autopano-sift-2.3-win-1.exe | 728k | Use with Hugin (above) to create panoramas. |
| OpenOffice | N/A | N/A | Office Suite, kinda like MS Office and will read/write MS Office formats. Includes Base, Calc, Draw, Impress, and Writer |
| JKDefrag | JkDefrag-3.36.zip | 468K | Defragmentation tool. GUI or command line. |
| KeePass | KeePass-1.15-Setup.exe | 1.2M | Password Safe |
| MWSnap | MWSnap300.exe | 644K | Screen capture tool |
| NavMonPC | NavMonPc-0.31-Setup.exe | 1M | Displays NMEA data and AIS data for marine navigation. |
| Open CPN on SourceForge | This is an ongoing project. Go to the website to get the latest version. | 24M | Marine Chart navigation package. This package is really coming along. Actively being developed. New features every few weeks. Supports BSB (.KAP), ENC and CM93 charts. |
| mc2bsbh | Go to the website to get the latest version. | 114k | Utility to convert Mapcal calibrations to BSB header file. From the output you can use tif2bsb to create BSB charts for use in various navigation packages. Instructions on site, but the basics are: Use MapCal (below) to calibrate, mc2bsbh to convert calibration, Imagemagick to convert image, tif2bsb to convert to chart. Then it can be used in OpenCPN (above) and sometimes other packages. |
| SeaClear | sc_setup.exe | 2M | Another Marine Chart navigation package. Includes Mapcal to calibrate your own scanned images into charts for use in Seaclear. |
| UASPhotoMaps - JDMCox | USAPhotoMaps.exe | 564K | Downloads and displays arial, satelite photos and topo charts from the TerraServer. All the USA is covered. |
| Starrsoft TerraFetcher | TerraFetcher.zip | 107K | A batch program to download the Terraserver data for display with USAPhotoMaps. Can also create large .jpgs. |