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There's a real cat fight going on between NDI, a private company which has
complete control of Canadian chart rights, and the major vendors of
electronic charts for that area. C-Map and Navionics have stopped selling
Canadian charts pending resolution of the issue! They claim that NDI has
asked for a 50% of retail price royalty when the international norm is 15%
of net. It looks like the results of this will be much higher prices for
boaters. There's lots of information posted at www.navionics.com, including
e-mail and phone numbers for NDI and the Canadian Hydrographic Office.
Interested navigators may want to express themselves!
complete control of Canadian chart rights, and the major vendors of
electronic charts for that area. C-Map and Navionics have stopped selling
Canadian charts pending resolution of the issue! They claim that NDI has
asked for a 50% of retail price royalty when the international norm is 15%
of net. It looks like the results of this will be much higher prices for
boaters. There's lots of information posted at www.navionics.com, including
e-mail and phone numbers for NDI and the Canadian Hydrographic Office.
Interested navigators may want to express themselves!
