The first beta release in the 2.6 series is available

David Register announced the first beta in the new 2.6 development series on November the 25:th.
The full release statement is available here.

A short summary of what's new in the OpenCPN project. October 30, 2011.

 
Developments in and around OCPN since the 2.5 release. A short summary of what's going on in the discussion forum.

OpenCPN 2.5 released 27th of July, 2011

OpenCPN Version 2.5 Release
ANNOUNCEMENT:

OpenCPN Version 2.5.0 is released, and available for immediate download.

2.5 will soon be released. A 2.4 final(!) beta available.

Whats new in the OpenCPN 2.5 release? A preview.

Numerous changes and enhancements behind the scene of course, but also many cool news for the user.
A new Plugin implementation has paved the way for many new Plugins.
One of the original Plugins "The Dashboard" have many more instruments available.
Multiple instances is possible, that can be vertical (as before) or  horizontal, both dock-able.

A world wide raster-chart coverage for Windows computers is possible through the
"BSB4" and

Release Beta 2.4.708

Ahoy, OpenCPN'ers...

OpenCPN Version 2.4 Beta Build 708 will soon be available for download from opencpn.org.

Monitor the opencpn.org Downloads page to find and download the latest Beta version.....

Source is available now on sourceforge git repo.

Changelog

Special Mac Release 2.4.628 beta

From the 29:th of June the Mac beta is found among the other betas.
To compile yourself download from the SourceForge Git repository.
This is a big step forward for OpenCPN. Help test the new Mac-beta!
Download here: opencpn.org/downloads/beta/OpenCPN_2.4.628.dmg

Plugin Development

In the 2.4 beta development a number of plugins has been introduced:

New WMM PlugIn provides magnetic variation data

On monday 2011.04.04 a PlugIn to show geomagnetic data was made available by Nohal. The PlugIn uses the World Magnetic Model of NOAA. Magnetic variation data (and more) for the ship position - and optionally for the cursor position - is shown in a separate window. The 2010 model used is valid until 2014.12.31.

The 2.4 beta development cycle underway.

2011-03-27
The 2.4 beta development cycle is well underway. An up to date summary is available here.
Dave has already released the second beta version. A new plugin interface has resulted in the introduction of a BSB4 (non free) and a Google Earth plugin.
Many new features are introduced, for example quilting with Transverse Mercator Charts and screen dimming for Windows, and much more.

BSB4 Plugin

BSB4 charts will be coming to OpenCPN Windows users soon.  See announcement post...

"Hi Folks....
I'm back online now. Time to talk about BSB4 Plugin.

I have implemented a BSB4 PlugIn for OpenCPN. As you might expect, it required some changes to the PlugIn API layer to accomodate arbitrary chart type loading, georeferencing, and display.
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