Are Navionics Charts PC compatible?
Yes and No. First and foremost, Navionics Charts are available on preprogrammed plug-and-play cartridges, or chips, that are compatible with a growing number of today’s most popular chartplotters; click here for a complete list of compatible chartplotters. Second, using Navionics NavPlanner PC software, you can read most Navionics products (NavPlanner is not compatible with Classic Charts nor HotMaps Classic Lake Maps) on your PC for pre-planning routes and waypoints and transferring those routes and waypoints to your plotter and back again; click here for more information on Navionics NavPlanner. Finally, several manufacturers of PC Navigation Software now offer compatibility with most Navionics products, click here for a list of these manufacturers.