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Q. What are Navionics Classic Charts?
A. Navionics Classic Charts are genuine Navionics marine charts made for legacy chartplotters. Classic Charts are easy to read at all zoom levels. They include much the same data that is available on standard Hydrographic Office paper charts, including:

Depth contours
Spot soundings
Port plans
Port service guides
Navigation aids
Tides & currents*

Choose from regions throughout the world on NavChart cartridges.

*Contact your GPS manufacturer for compatibility

Q. Which chartplotters are compatible with Classic Charts?
A. Please reference our Classic plotter compatibility guides: Americas | Europe-Asia-Oceania-Africa-Polynesia

Q. What type of media cards are Classic Charts available on?
A. Classic Charts are available on NavChart media cards, also commonly referred to as cartridges or chips.

Download Classic compatibility guides: Americas | Europe-Asia-Oceania-Africa-Polynesia

Q. What is the difference between Classic & Gold Charts?
A. Both Classic Charts & Gold Charts provide the same basic navigation and fishing information. However, Gold Charts offer some additional features. Most noticeably, Gold Charts look more like a paper chart, complete with shaded depth contours, colored light sectors and real-world shapes and colors of buoys and navaids. Another new feature of Gold Charts is "Xplain", a plain-language description feature that, with just a click of the cursor, deciphers confusing navigational symbols into plain-language everyone can understand. To verify your chartplotter's compatibility, please feel free to download a compatibility guide: Americas | Europe-Asia-Oceania-Africa-Polynesia).

Q. Can I update my Classic chart?
A. The 2009 version of our Classic Charts is the final update for this product, since it is a legacy file format. If your Classic Chart is older than 2009, then you can update it using our hassle-free Trade-In/Update Program.

Q. Can I use Navionics NavPlanner (Europe-Asia-Oceania-Africa-Polynesia users) or NavPlanner2 (Americas users) software with my Navionics Classic Charts to pre-plan my routes and waypoints on my PC at home?
A. No. NavPlanner & NavPlanner2 are compatible with most Navionics products, but are compatible with neither Classic Charts nor HotMaps Classic Lake Maps.

Q. Are Navionics Classic Charts PC and Mac compatible?
A. No. Classic charts are programmed onto a media/chip format that is not compatible with any Navionics-supported PC or Mac software. To use Navionics charts on your PC or Mac, please see our Gold, Platinum+, or HotMaps Chart portfolios.

Q. Do electronic charts replace paper maps?
A. The electronic chart is an aid to navigation designed to facilitate the use of authorized government charts, not to replace them. Only official government charts and notices to mariners contain all information needed for the safety of navigation, and as always, the captain is responsible for their prudent use.