G'day Y'all - On this thread of Nobeltec 7.0 and the new Maptech charts......Nobeltec has announced (see their website) that they will no longer support Maptech charts as they are changing their format with the introduction of version 4.0. Nobeltec does work with all past versions. For what its worth..... I have been an avid supporter of raster charts all this time. However, on our last cruise of 21 months, I have started using Passport charts more and more, often on a split screen with the vector charts on one side and the raster charts on the other. I have slowly come around to preferring the vector charts on the new PassPort Deluxe charts - less clutter but the necessary stuff is there. The vector charts DO get upgraded more often than the raster charts also. Nobeltec supports as many chart formats as any other chart plotter program. E think that they have associated themselves with the TRANSAS people for the database, and I know of no other any better for vector charts. No, absolutely no association - only a satisfied customer. I don't care for their registration process, however. On the other hand, I've had no problem with using their software on three computers and when I've changed out a computer or motherboard/hard drive, they have always given me the "number" without a murmur. Bill Pontius Saltayre KK48