If you are going to be a serious user, you want to spend the $250 for a full
license for Global Mapper.

Another option that I have used is to use Acrobat Distiller to save a
printed sectional. This however requires a full Adobe Acrobat license. In
the end, you still need to have access to a wide format color printer.

There is no free lunch.....

Mike Schumann

"Henryk Birecki" wrote in message
...
Once you have sectional images you can use (free) Flight Display
(http://www.soaringpilotsoftware.com) to do the rest.

Sectionals can be downloaded from
http://www.naco.faa.gov/ecomp/Catalo...S+DIGITAL+DSEC for
$1.50 each to make them visible download Global Mapper
(http://www.globalmapper.com). The free version allows you to stitch
up to four images together. Form there on you have to save an image -
this leaves a lot to be desired as you can only save what you have on
the screen (from what I remember). I used screen capture and Corel
Paint to create a "sectional" of "western US" (west of 112W in the
north and 113:30 in the south)

Cheers,
Henryk Birecki


"BB" wrote:

The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB




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