OpenCPN
by The OpenCPN Community
Chartplotter and Navigation tool
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About
A cross-platform ship-borne GUI navigation application made up by a core program, a large set of plugins and freely available charts. The application is configurable with user icon. The core supports:
- GPS/GPSD Position Input and Display
- BSB Raster Chart display
- S57 Vector ENC and CM93 chart display
- AIS Input Decoding and Display
- Waypoint Autopilot Navigation
Plugin support includes wheather, tactical, annotations and tidal data. Pilot charts can be downloaded from project website at opencpn.org. Other useful add-ons may be found inside the "Download" link at at the same site.
Permissions
7 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.
- all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
--device=all - X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
--socket=x11 - full access to your home folder
--filesystem=home - access to operating-system files
--filesystem=host-etc:ro - CAN bus sockets
--allow=canbus - session management (logout, suspend)
--system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.login1 - systemd: can manage services
--system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.systemd1 - network
--share=network - inter-process communication (needed for X11)
--share=ipc - audio
--socket=pulseaudio
Who publishes this
On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.
- fetches from www.portaudio.com over unencrypted http: anyone on the path can swap the bytes (x2)
source:insecure-url - on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
publisher:flathub
Maintenance
Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.
No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.