From 99a28cd8ed1a94cb92c7bd179329ca5b0a296dcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Collins
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 00:24:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs: point README at Lookout Marine as the path forward
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Add a prominent notice at the top of the README directing people to
github.com/beetlebugorg/lookout-marine, the native version of this
project and where application development now happens.
Also notes that chartplotter isn't dead — it's the web-based take and
may be picked back up — and that tile57, the engine under both, is
still actively supported.
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README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11cd6dc..e6ffd2c 100644
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@@ -5,6 +5,26 @@
Turn NOAA S-57 ENC cells into offline vector-tile charts and render them in the browser.
+---
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> ### 👉 Looking for the active project? Go to **[Lookout Marine](https://github.com/beetlebugorg/lookout-marine)**.
+>
+> **[Lookout Marine](https://github.com/beetlebugorg/lookout-marine) is the native
+> version of this project, and the current path forward.** It is a fast, native
+> chartplotter for **macOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows, Android and Linux** that draws the
+> same official ENC charts with the same IHO S-101 portrayal — but straight to the
+> GPU (Metal / Vulkan / Direct3D 12), with a native UI on every platform instead of
+> a browser and pre-baked tiles. That is where application development happens now.
+>
+> **chartplotter is not dead.** It is the web-based take on the same idea, which is
+> still its own interesting problem, and I may come back to it.
+>
+> **[tile57](https://github.com/beetlebugorg/tile57) — the chart engine underneath
+> both projects — is very much still supported and actively developed.**
+
+---
+