About
OpenCPN is open source chartplotter and marine GPS navigation software, available for Win, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi, and Android. It is designed to be used at the helm station of your boat while underway, letting you chart a course and track your position right from your laptop. The site describes it as concise and robust, and says it is trusted by boaters worldwide.
OpenCPN includes charts and plugins. The website highlights an upgraded Celestial Navigation plugin, which adds tools such as Coastal Sextant, Horizon Events, Sun & Moon, Running Fixes, Lunar Tools, Analyse Sights, Eclipses, and an option to generate an almanac. The plugin was tested and reviewed on Windows, MacOS, and Linux, though the website notes that this release is a test version and that development will continue as v2.9.
The website invites users to share feedback and report small bugs on various operating systems to help improve the software.
What's new
All release notesHomebrew cask opencpn 5.14.2,-universal+18284.bd6986a08-14 (sha256 cf56e9c55c2d72cae5ae3013876139f61b7757edc9777a022bddedc11fc3922b).